Quotes about Authority
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
— 2 Peter 1:20
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
— 2 Peter 1:21
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
— 2 Peter 2:10
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
— 1 John 5:19
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
— 3 John 1:9
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
— Jude 1:8
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
— Jude 1:25
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
— Revelation 1:18
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
— Revelation 2:26
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
— Revelation 2:27
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
— Revelation 3:21
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
— Revelation 4:4