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Romans 13:1 KJV
Romans · chapter 13 · verse 1
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.Romans 13:1 · King James Version
Romans 13:1 in context
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.
2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3For 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:
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- ordainedtassōto put in order, to station, to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place…G5021 →
- subjecthypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- higherhyperechōto have or hold over one, to stand out, rise above, overtop, to be above, be superior in…G5242 →
- powersexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- soulpsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6