Honour to Whom Honour is Due
Scottish Christian Herald
Romans 13:3-6
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good…


Lord Dartmouth is the person to whom Newton's Letters "in the Cardiphonia" to a Nobleman, are addressed, and to whom Cowper alludes, "And one that wears a coronet and prays." It is said that after the prince came to the throne, on a public day Lord Dartmouth appeared at the levee, when one of the attendant noblemen said, "I'll bet Dartmouth has been at prayer to-day." "Yes, and please your majesty," said Lord Dartmouth, "I thought it right first to pay my duty to my God and then to my king." "Well said, Dartmouth," replied his majesty, "and like yourself."

(Scottish Christian Herald.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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:

WEB: For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,




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