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1 | Difference From This To I Pet. 2:13, 14? | Rom 13:1 | brothersmith | 216387 | ||
Is there suppossed to be a difference between how to understand this verse as oppossed to how to understand I Peter 2:13, 14? I have heard different takes on this and am wondering what anyone here thinks. Thanks. |
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2 | Difference From This To I Pet. 2:13, 14? | Rom 13:1 | Morant61 | 216392 | ||
Greetings Brothersmith! Welcome to the forum! I really don't see any difference between the two passages. Here they are: Rom 13:1 - "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." 1 Peter 2:13 - "Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right." Both clearly lay out the principle that a Christian should normally submit to the government. The only exception mentioned in Scripture is when man's law clearly violates God's Law. Acts 5:29 - "Peter and the other apostles replied: ‘‘We must obey God rather than men!'" But, even then, we will have to submit to the consequences of our actions. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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