TOPICAL BIBLE

Citizens

KJV BSB WEB ASV YLT

202 references in this topic.

Romans 13:1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.Romans 13:2Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.Romans 13:5Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.Romans 13:6This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.Romans 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.Ephesians 2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,1 Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—1 Timothy 2:2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.2 Timothy 3:1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,Titus 3:1Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,1 Peter 2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,1 Peter 2:14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.1 Peter 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.1 Peter 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.