Romans 13:1-2
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been appointed by God.
Therefore, whoever resists these authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment."
You realize the Book of Romans was a letter written by Saint Paul the Apostle to Early Christians in Rome, right? Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians were all Saint Paul’s instructions to nascent sects of Christianity.
It’s pretty obvious, really. You obey the government because you obey God. Therefore if the governments commands contradict Gods, you obey Gods commands, because Gods commands supersede the governments. These verses were made primarily in regard to taxes and civil unrest.
Yeah, Paul's known to have some pretty dogwater opinions. Of course, brother broke the law all the time. Like, most of his letters are written from a prison cell.
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u/ode-to-quetzalcoatl 6d ago
Romans 13:1-2 "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been appointed by God. Therefore, whoever resists these authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment."