로마서 13:2 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:2-5

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they which withstand shall receive to themselves condemnation ( i.e. really God's, operating through the human "power;" not meaning damnation in the common sense of the word). For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same . It is the theory of the laws of all civilized governments to uphold... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:2

Whosoever therefore resisteth ... - That is, they who rise up against “government itself;” who seek anarchy and confusion; and who oppose the regular execution of the laws. It is implied, however, that those laws shall not be such as to violate the rights of conscience, or oppose the laws of God.Resisteth the ordinance of God - What God has ordained, or appointed. This means clearly that we are to regard “government” as instituted by God, and as agreeable to his will. “When” established, we are... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 13:2

Romans 13:2 . Whosoever therefore resisteth the power Or the authority, of which the magistrate is possessed; resisteth the ordinance of God God’s appointment for the preservation of order and of the public peace. And they that resist Who withstand so wise and beneficial an institution; shall receive to themselves damnation Or condemnation and punishment, not only from the civil powers they injure, but from the supreme sovereign, whose laws they break, and whose order they endeavour... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 13:1-14

Duties to rulers and to others (13:1-14)Since God is the source of all authority, governments exercise power by his permission. Christians should therefore obey the ruling authorities (13:1-2). If they keep the laws of the country, Christians have nothing to fear. They should have no difficulty in cooperating with the government, because the basic functions of government are the promotion of the well-being of society and the restraint of wrongdoing, and these functions are in keeping with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 13:2

resisteth. Greek. antitassomai . See Acts 18:6 . resisteth, resist = withstand. Greek. anthistemi. See Romans 9:19 . ordinance . See Acts 7:53 . damnation . App-177 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 13:2

Therefore, he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.Not merely sedition and violent opposition to human government are proscribed for the child of God, but "resistance" which is inclusive of all forms of opposition and disobedience. Jesus Christ our Lord never disobeyed any law, nor did he ever advocate disobedience, or any other kind of disobedience. As he said, "I came not to destroy but to fulfill" (Matthew... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 13:2

Romans 13:2. Resisteth the power— The word ο αντιτασσομενος, in the most direct import of it, signifies "one who sets himself as it were in array against," and may possibly allude to the word τεταγμεναι, ranged or marshalled by God, used in the former verse. The word rendered damnation, is κριμα, and would be more properly rendered condemnation, as it is particularly applied to the sentence passed when punishment is denounced by a judge; though here it may signify not only the condemnation of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:2

2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power—"So that he that setteth himself against the authority." resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation—or, "condemnation," according to the old sense of that word; that is, not from the magistrate, but from God, whose authority in the magistrate's is resisted. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 13:1-7

1. Conduct towards the government 13:1-7Paul passed from a loosely connected series of exhortations in Romans 12:9-21 to a well-organized argument about a single subject in Romans 13:1-7 (cf. Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26; 1 Peter 2:13-14)."Forbidding the Christian from taking vengeance and allowing God to exercise this right in the last judgment [cf. Romans 12:19-21] might lead one to think that God was letting evildoers have their way in this world. Not so, says Paul in... read more