Quotes about Authority
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
— Romans 9:20
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
— Romans 9:21
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.
— Romans 13:1
Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
— Romans 13:2
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
— Romans 13:3
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
— Romans 13:4
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
— Romans 13:5
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
— Romans 13:6
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
— Romans 13:7
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
— Romans 14:4
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
— Romans 14:11
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
— Romans 15:19