Verse 1
‘Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,’
And just as bondservants are to be subject to their masters, so the whole church are to be subject to their rulers and the authorities who are over them, and ready for any good work. Note that this obedience is to their rulers and refers to anything that is ‘a good work’. There would be an exception if what was required of them was wrong. We can compare here Romans 13:1-4. Christians are not to be anti-authority.
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