What does Romans 13:1-3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordaineda of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: