Thereforeit is necessaryto be in subjection,not onlybecauseof wrath,but alsofor conscience'sake.
Whois like the wisemanand whoknowsthe interpretationof a matter?A man'swisdomillumineshim and causes his sternfaceto beam.
I say, "Keepthe commandof the kingbecauseof the oathbefore God.
"In view of this,I alsodo my bestto maintainalwaysa blamelessconscience[both] beforeGodand before men.
For becauseof thisyou alsopaytaxes,for [rulers] are servantsof God,devoting themselvesto thisverything.
Prayfor us, for we are surethat we havea goodconscience,desiringto conductourselves honorablyin all things.
For this[finds] favor,iffor the sakeof consciencetoward Goda personbears up undersorrowswhen sufferingunjustly.
and keepa goodconsciencesothat in the thing in whichyou are slandered,thosewho revileyour goodbehaviorin Christwill be put to shame.
