1. Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
2. Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgement.
3. 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,