Submission to Authority
10 passages
- Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Read it in context - Romans 13:1
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.
Read it in context - Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
Read it in context - Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read it in context - Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Read it in context - Titus 3:1
Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
Read it in context - Romans 13:2
Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Read it in context - Matthew 22:21
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Read it in context - 1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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