Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5257 civil authorities

5257 civil authorities

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Divinely appointed servants and agents of God exercising their God-given authority for the good of those they govern and punishing those who do wrong, and to whom all must submit.

Civil authorities are divinely appointed

John 19:11; Romans 13:1 See also 1 Samuel 9:17; Samuel 16:1; Psalm 78:70-71; Proverbs 8:15-16; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; Daniel 2:21,37-38; Daniel 4:17,32; Daniel 5:18-21,26-28

Civil authorities are God's servants and agents

Romans 13:4 See also Isaiah 45:1; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; Romans 13:6

Civil authority exercised for the good of all and in order to punish wrongdoers

Proverbs 21:15; 1 Peter 2:13-14 See also Genesis 9:6; Ezra 7:26; Psalm 72:12-14; Psalm 78:72; Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 29:4,14; Acts 25:11; Romans 13:3-4; 1 Timothy 2:2

Everyone must submit to civil authorities

Proverbs 24:21-22; Titus 3:1 See also Ecclesiastes 8:2-5; Matthew 17:24-27; Matthew 22:15-21 pp Mark 12:13-17 pp Luke 20:20-25; Romans 13:1,5-7; 1 Peter 2:13-14,17

Civil authorities are only to be obeyed in what is lawful according to Scripture