1 Peter 2:13
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13 For the Lord’s sake be subject to every human authority,[a] whether to the emperor as supreme(A)
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- 2.13 Or every authority ordained for humans
Romans 13:1-7
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Being Subject to Authorities
13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.(A) 2 Therefore whoever resists authority 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. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive its approval,(B) 4 for it is God’s agent for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority[a] does not bear the sword in vain! It is the agent of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.(C) 6 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
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- 13.4 Gk it
Titus 3:1
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Maintain Good Deeds
3 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,(A)
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1 Timothy 2:1-2
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Instructions concerning Prayer
2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.(A)
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Luke 20:25
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25 He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”(A)
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Proverbs 24:21
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- 24.21 Gk: Heb do not associate with those who change
Mark 12:17
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17 Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.(A)
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Matthew 22:21
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21 They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”(A)
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Jeremiah 29:7
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7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.(A)
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2 Peter 2:10
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10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority.
Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[a](A)
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- 2.10 Or angels; Gk glories
Ephesians 5:21
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21 being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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Proverbs 17:11
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11 Evil people seek only rebellion,
but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Jude 8-10
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8 Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.[a](A) 9 But when the archangel Michael disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander[b] against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”(B) 10 But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and they are destroyed by those things that, like irrational animals, they know by instinct.
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