Submission to the Authorities
1 Let every person Titus 3:1;1 Pet. 2:13be subject to the governing authorities. For [John 19:11]; See Dan. 2:21there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you 1 Pet. 2:14will receive his approval, 4 for 2 Chr. 19:6he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, 1 Thess. 4:6an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.