Thematic Bible: Obeyed
Thematic Bible
Kings » Should be » Obeyed
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God.
Verse Concepts
Therefore one must be subject [to civil authorities], not only to escape the punishment [that comes with wrongdoing], but also as a matter of principle [knowing what is right before God].
Verse Concepts
Submit yourselves to [the authority of] every human institution for the sake of the Lord [to honor His name], whether it is to a king as one in a position of power,
Verse Concepts
Related Topics
- Attitudes Towards Kings
- Attitudes, to other people
- Authority
- Authority Of People
- Authority, of human institutions
- Be Subject To People
- Citizenship
- Civic Duties
- Civil Government
- Civil authorities
- Death penalty
- God Appointing Others
- God Being In Control
- God's Providential Control
- Government
- Honoring Authority
- Honouring Rulers
- Human Authority, Christian Response
- Human Authority, Instituted By God
- Human Authority, Nature Of
- Kingship, Human
- Leaders
- Leaders, Political
- Loyalty
- Magistrates
- Men Pleasers
- Obedience To God
- Orderliness In Society
- Politics
- Power
- Power, Human
- Rebellion, Against Human Authority
- Respecting Authority
- Social duties
- Stress And Hard Times
- Submission
- Taxation
- Conscience
- Defiance
- Ethics, basis of
- Ethics, social
- Principalities