Thematic Bible: Are ministers of God
Thematic Bible
Magistrates » Are ministers of God
For the civil authorities are God's servants to do you good. But if you practice doing wrong, you should dread them, for they do not wield the sword for nothing. Indeed, they are God's servants to inflict punishment upon people who do wrong.
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for this is the reason why you pay your taxes, for the civil authorities are God's official servants faithfully devoting themselves to this very end.
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