Submission to Authority

^13 (A)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,^[a] whether it be to the emperor^[b] as supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him ^(B)to punish those who do evil and ^(C)to praise those who do good.

⁵ Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also ^(A)for the sake of conscience.