Thematic Bible: Purpose of their appointment
Thematic Bible
Magistrates » Purpose of their appointment
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.
Verse Concepts
and to governors as sent by Him to punish those who do evil and to reward those who do right.
Verse Concepts
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