2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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 i…
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