1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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. …
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; …
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. …
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. 1-8)Here is the fourth thing in the matter of the epistle. The apostle had directed Titus in reference to the particular and special duties of several sorts of persons; now he bids him exhort to what concerned them more in common, namely, to quietness and submission to rulers, and readiness to do good, and to equitable and gentle behaviour towards all men—things comely and ornamental of religion; he m…
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