Everyone should submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist have been put in place by God.
In context
1Everyone should submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist have been put in place by God. 2So whoever sets himself against the authority is standing against what God has arranged, and those who stand against it will bring judgment on themselves. 3Rulers are no terror to good conduct, only to bad. Do you want to live without fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will have its praise;
