5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
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, …
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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