Romans 13:2

English Standard Version 2016

Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Romans 13:5

Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

Mark 12:40

who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

Luke 20:47

who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”

Romans 9:19

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

Romans 13:1

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 13:3

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 will receive his approval,