 | Theodore Gerhardt Tappert - 1959 - 742 halaman
...the things that are God's" (Matt. 22:21). "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending... | |
 | Søren Kierkegaard - 1975 - 578 halaman
...only to God and his conscience. — But in the spiritual world, how completely different. Paul says, "Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience." Consequently it is a relationship of conscience. A poor woman who weeds the gardens of... | |
 | Wilhelm Pauck - 1969 - 428 halaman
...they command anything that is for the public good, we must obey them in accordance with Rom. 13:5: "Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath, but also for the sake of conscience." For love constrains us to fulfill all civil obligations. But if you can escape without... | |
 | Joseph J. Allen - 1981 - 236 halaman
...ages," their attitude toward the empire is rather positive. They are asked to be subject to authority "not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience" (Rom. 13:5). Peter wrote to Christians in Asia Minor who were persecuted and, as we have... | |
 | Joseph P. Schultz - 1981 - 430 halaman
...Then do what is good and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. . . . Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath, but for the sake of conscience. In the same chapter Paul elaborates and specifically states that by government... | |
 | Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - 302 halaman
...he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer. 'Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 'For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending... | |
 | Raymond Edward Brown, John P. Meier - 1983 - 258 halaman
...will incur judgment; for rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad." Paul goes on to state: "One must be subject not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience." He concludes on the note "Give honor to the one due honor." We find a similar message... | |
 | Clyde A. Holbrook - 1984 - 252 halaman
...(Rom. 5:9). And a ruler is not to be resisted, since he is a servant of God, whose wrath he executes. "Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath, but also for the sake of conscience" (13:4, 5). There is a wrath of God yet to come upon evildoers, so beware (Col. 3:6). The... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 halaman
...he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer, therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 'For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending... | |
 | Bruce J. Malina - 1993 - 196 halaman
...For there is no authority except from Ciod, and those that exist have been instituted by God. . . . Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience" (Rom. 13:1, 5). And he concludes with a sort of general principle: Pay all of them their... | |
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Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute His wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must... 
