Thereforewhoeverresistsauthorityhas opposedthe ordinanceof God;and they who have opposedwill receivecondemnationupon themselves.
Mosessaid,"[This will happen] when the LORDgivesyou meatto eatin the evening,and breadto the fullin the morning;for the LORDhearsyour grumblingswhichyou grumbleagainstHim. And whatare we? Your grumblingsare not againstus but againstthe LORD."
"Yet they seekMe dayby dayand delightto knowMy ways,As a nationthat has donerighteousnessAnd has not forsakenthe ordinanceof their God.They askMe [for] justdecisions,They delightin the nearnessof God.
"But woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou shutoff the kingdomof heavenfrom people;for you do not enterin yourselves,nordo you allowthosewho are enteringto goin.
who devourwidows'houses,and for appearance's sakeofferlongprayers;thesewill receivegreatercondemnation."
whodevourwidows'houses,and for appearance's sakeofferlongprayers.Thesewill receivegreatercondemnation."
Everypersonis to be in subjectionto the governingauthorities.For there is noauthorityexceptfrom God,and thosewhich existare establishedby God.
For rulersare not a cause of fearfor goodbehavior,but for evil.Do you wantto havenofearof authority?Dowhat is goodand you will havepraisefrom the same;
Thereforeit is necessaryto be in subjection,not onlybecauseof wrath,but alsofor conscience'sake.
You will sayto me then,"Whydoes He stillfind fault?For whoresistsHis will?"
Remindthem to be subjectto rulers,to authorities,to be obedient,to be readyfor everygooddeed,
Let not many[of you] becometeachers,my brethren,knowingthat as such we will incura stricterjudgment.
Submityourselves for the Lord'ssaketo everyhumaninstitution,whetherto a kingas the one in authority,
