Quotes about Authority
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
- Romans 4:15
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 6:14
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- Romans 6:16
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
- Romans 7:1
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Romans 9:20
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
- Romans 9:21
Everyone 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 13:1
Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
- Romans 13:2
For 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 13:3
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- Romans 13:4
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
- Romans 13:5
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
- Romans 13:6