13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. …
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; …
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-25)The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects. Christians were not only reputed innovators in religion, but disturbers of the state; it was highly necessary, therefore, that the apostle should settle the ru…
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