Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About submission to human authority
8 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about submission to human authority? Browse 8 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Romans 13:1 |
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| King James (KJV) | “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ordained: or, ordered” |
8 Key Scriptures
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ordained: or, ordered”
Romans 13:1KJV
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. have: or, guide”
“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,”
Titus 3:1KJV
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5KJV
“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”
Acts 5:29KJV
“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;”
1 Peter 2:13KJV
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”
“They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.”
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