Thematic Bible: Purpose of their appointment
Thematic Bible
Magistrates » Purpose of their appointment
For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.
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or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.
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