로마서 13:3 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 13:3

For rulers - The apostle here speaks of rulers “in general.” It may not be “universally” true that they are not a terror to good works, for many of them have “persecuted” the good; but it is generally true that they who are virtuous have nothing to fear from the laws. It is “universally” true that the design of their appointment by God was, not to injure and oppress the good, but to detect and punish the evil. Magistrates, “as such,” are not a terror to good works.Are not a terror ... - Are not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 13:3-5

Romans 13:3-5 . For rulers In general, notwithstanding some particular exceptions; are not a terror to good works Were not ordained, and do not use to punish those that do well, and conform to good laws; but to the evil From which they deter people by punishing those who do them. Wilt thou Wouldest thou then; not be afraid of the power Of the high authority with which they are invested? Do that which is good Carefully perform the good actions which they enjoin, and, according to... 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 13:3

rulers . App-172 . evil App-128 . Wilt . . . power? = desirest thou not then to fear the power? Wilt . App-102 . do . Greek. poieo. praise . See Romans 2:29 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 13:3

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same.It is a comment upon the effectiveness and success of the state as God's ordained institution that such a statement as this stands as truth. Aberrations may be catalogued and failures noted; but, in the principal part, and in the overwhelming number of examples afforded by history, Paul's language here must stand as... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 13:3

Romans 13:3. Rulers are not a terror to good works— To the well-doer, τω αγαθοεργω . See Junius in Wetstein. Heylin renders the passage,—to those who do well, but to those who do ill. If circumstances arise to which the argument in this verse is not applicable, it is reasonably to be taken for granted, that the Apostle did not intend here to pronounce concerning such cases. Nothing can be said for interpreting these passages in favour of unlimited passive obedience, which will not prove... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:3

3, 4. For rulers are not a terror to good works—"to the good work," as the true reading appears to be but to the evil. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 13:3

There are two possible ways to explain this verse that on the surface seems very naive. Each of these interpretations will have very different results for those who hold them. The problem, of course, is that rulers are sometimes, perhaps often, a cause of fear for those who do right. Government authorities sometimes abuse their powers for selfish ends. If they do not but serve the welfare of the people as they should, we have no fear of them and can submit to them fairly easily. What if they... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 13:2-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 13:3-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 13:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 13:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 13:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 13:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 13:3

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 13:3

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