Romans 13:5

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Summary

Romans 13:5

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Ye

Conscience

General references

Joshua 1:16

2 Chronicles 19:5

Bible References

Ye

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

I [say], Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God.

Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,

Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,

Conscience

And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.

Pray about us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring to behave well in all things.

For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

General references

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou have commanded us we will do, and wherever thou send us we will go.

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,