14 Bible Verses about Citizenship

but that we may not offend them, go to the lake, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and opening its mouth you will find a stater [56 cents]. Take that and give it to them, for me and you.

They said to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give therefore Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's to God.

And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and respect no person, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not? And perceiving their craftiness, he said to them,read more.
Show me a denarius [14 cents]. Whose figure and inscription has it? And they answered and said, Caesar's. And he said to them, Render therefore Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's to God.

And having come to Jesus they besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom you should do this; for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.

And when it was day the prefects sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go. And the jailer told these words to Paul; The prefects have sent to let you go; now, therefore, go, and depart in peace. But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.read more.
And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city.

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be examined with scourges, that he might know for what reason they cried so against him. But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the chiliarch, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.read more.
And the chiliarch came to him and said, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes. And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one]. Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,

Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior, to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well;

BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul,

Pay to all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men, for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,read more.
who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth.

Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior, to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well; for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men;read more.
as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God. Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

And there shall not enter into it any thing that is defiled, nor any one that commits an abomination and falsehood, but those enrolled in the Lamb's book of life.