Romans 13:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 13

¹Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God.

Romans 13:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
1 Peter 2:13-17
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; …
Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Proverbs 8:15-16
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

We are here taught how to conduct ourselves towards magistrates, and those that are in authority over us, called here the higher powers, intimating their authority (they are powers), and their dignity (they are higher powers), including not only the king as supreme, but all inferior magistrates under him: and yet it is expressed, not by the persons that are in that power, but the place of power it…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Ro 13:1-14. Same Subject Continued--Political and Social Relations--Motives. 1-2. Let every soul--every man of you be subject unto the higher powers--or, “submit himself to the authorities that are above him.” For there is no power--“no authority” but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God--“have been ordained of God.”