Romans 13:3

Plain English Version

People that do whatever is right don’t have to worry about those bosses. But people that do things that are wrong will get frightened of them. So if you do things that are right, the bosses will say that you are good.

Cross References

Romans 13:2

So if you don’t do the things that their law says, you’re going against the people that God put there. And he will get those bosses to punish you.

Romans 13:4

Those government bosses really work for God, and their job is to make things good for you. But if you do things that are wrong, look out, you can be frightened of them. They will get you and punish you. God gave them that job to punish everybody that does bad things, and he helps them do it.