Romans 13:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Let euery soule be subiect vnto the hyer powers: For there is no power but of god. The powers that be, are ordeyned of God.

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  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Warne them to be subiect to rule & power, to obey magistrates, to be redie to euery good worke:
  • 1 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of ma for the Lordes sake: whether it be vnto the king, as hauyng the preeminence: 14 Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the laude of them that do well. 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men: 16 As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God. 17 Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.
  • John 19:11 : 11 Iesus aunswered: Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me, except it were geuen thee from aboue: Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the more sinne.
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 2:10-11 : 10 But chiefely them that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vncleanenesse, and despise auctoritie. Presumptious are they, and stande in their owne conceyte, whiche feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worship. 11 When the Angels whiche are greater both in power and might, geue not raylyng iudgement against them before the Lorde.
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 Lykewyse, these beyng deceaued by dreames, defyle the flesh, despise rulers, and speake euyll of them that are in aucthoritie.
  • Prov 8:15-16 : 15 Through me kinges raigne, and princes make iust lawes. 16 By me princes beare rule, and noble men do iudge the earth.
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 He chaungeth the times and seasons, he taketh away kinges, he setteth vp kinges: he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstande.
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 And thou shalt be cast out of mens companie, thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: so that thou shalt eate grasse like oxen, and seuen times shal passe ouer thee, vntil thou knowest that the hyghest hath power vpon the kingdome of men, and geueth it vnto whom it pleaseth hym.
  • Dan 5:18-23 : 18 O thou king, the most high god gaue vnto Nabuchodonozor thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour, & glorie. 19 And for the maiestie that he gaue him, al people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: he slue whom he would, he smote whom it pleased him: againe, whom he would he set vp, and whom he list he put downe. 20 But because his heart was loftie, and his minde strengthened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they toke his glory from him. 21 He was driuen out from the sonnes of men, his heart was made lyke the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde Asses, they fed him with grasse lyke Oxen, and his body was wet with the deawe of the heauen, till he knewe that the most hie God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appoynteth ouer it whom so euer he pleaseth. 22 And thou his sonne, O Balthasar, hast not submitted thyne heart, though thou knewest all these thinges: 23 But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee, that thou and thy princes, with thy wyues and concubines, might drinke wine thereout: and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse and iron, of wood and stone, which neither see, heare, nor vnderstand: As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes, thou hast not glorified him.
  • Jer 27:5-8 : 5 I am he that made the earth, the men, and the cattell that are vpon the grounde with my great power & stretched out arme, and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me. 6 And nowe wyll I deliuer all these landes into the power of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon my seruaunt: the beastes also of the fielde shall I geue hym, to do hym seruice. 7 And all the people shal serue him, and his sonne, and his childers children, vntyll the tyme of the same lande be come, and his tyme also: yea many people and great kynges shall serue hym. 8 Moreouer, that people and kyngdome which wyl not serue Nabuchodonozor, & that wyll not put their neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon: the same people wyll I visite with the sworde, with hunger and pestilence, vntyll I haue consumed them in his handes, saith the Lorde.
  • 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel. 5 And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 The Lord spake it once, but I haue hearde it twise, that power and mercy belongeth to thee O Lorde God:
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes.
  • Deut 17:12 : 12 And that man that wyll do presumptuously, and wyll not hearken vnto the priest (that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister) or vnto the iudge: that man shall dye, and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel.
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them.

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    2Whosoeuer therfore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God: And they that resist, shall receaue to the selues dampnation.

    3For rulers are not fearefull to good workes, but to the euyll. Wylt thou not feare the power? Do well, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same.

    4For he is the minister of God for thy wealth. But yf thou do euyll, feare: For he beareth not the sworde in vayne, for he is the minister of God, reuenger of wrath on hym that doth euyll.

    5Wherfore, ye must needes be subiect, not only for feare of punishment: but also because of conscience.

    6And for this cause pay ye tribute. For they are Gods ministers, seruyng for the same purpose.

    7Geue to euery man therfore his dutie, tribute to whom tribute, custome to whom custome, feare to whom feare, honour to whom honour belongeth.

  • 1 Pet 2:13-15
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    13Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of ma for the Lordes sake: whether it be vnto the king, as hauyng the preeminence:

    14Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the laude of them that do well.

    15For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

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    1Warne them to be subiect to rule & power, to obey magistrates, to be redie to euery good worke:

  • 1 Tim 2:1-3
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    1I exhort therefore, that firste of all, prayers, supplications, intercessios and geuynge of thankes be made for all men:

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    3For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,

  • 1 Pet 2:17-18
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    17Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

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    22Which is on the ryght hande of God, and is gone into heauen, angels, powers, and myght subdued vnto hym.

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

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    4Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

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    7Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you.

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    39But and yf it be of God, ye can not destroy it, lest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynst God.

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    27For he hath put downe all thynges vnder his feete: But when he saith, all thynges are vnder hym, it is manifest that he is excepted which dyd put all thynges vnder hym.

    28When all thynges are subdued vnto hym, then shall the sonne also hym selfe be subiect vnto him that put all thinges vnder hym, that God may be all in all.

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    24But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges.

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    32And the spirites of the prophetes, are subiect to the prophetes.

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    5Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble.

    6Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.

  • Eph 6:9-10
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    9And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them, puttyng away threatnyng: knowyng that your maister also is in heauen, neither is respecte of person with hym.

    10Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might.

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    1Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen.

  • 1 Tim 6:15
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    15Which in his tymes he shall shewe that is blessed and prince only, the kyng of kynges, and Lorde of Lordes,

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    20For the kyngdome of God is not in worde, but in power.

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    25And he saide vnto them: The kinges of nations raigne ouer them, and they that haue aucthoritie vpo them, are called gracious Lordes.

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    5Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

  • Eph 5:21-22
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    21Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.

    22Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde:

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    11For there is no respect of persos with God.

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    21Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come.

    22And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,

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    11Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

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    1Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

  • 1 Cor 15:24
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    24Then commeth the ende, when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all auctoritie, and power.

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  • Rom 14:11
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    11For it is written, I lyue, sayth the Lorde: and all knees shall bowe to me, & all tongues shall geue prayse to God.

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    22Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God.

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    11And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father.

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