Romans 13:5
eWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
NKJV: Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
ESV: Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
διὸ ἀνάγκη ὑποτάσσεσθαι, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὴν ὀργήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν.
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1 Samuel 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
Ecclesiastes 8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Romans 13:1-3 1. 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. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: