CHAPTER EXPLORER
Romans 13
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14 verses in KJV · 217 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Romans 13 (KJV)
13:1 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.
13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
13:3 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:
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Traditional writer attribution: Paul
Approximate study chronology: c. AD 60
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