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PARALLEL BIBLE - Romans 13:2


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King James Bible - Romans 13:2

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

World English Bible

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

Douay-Rheims - Romans 13:2

Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation.

Webster's Bible Translation

Whoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Greek Textus Receptus


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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (2) - Jer 23:8-17; 44:14-17 Tit 3:1

SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:2

Así que, el que se opone a la potestad, a la ordenacin de Dios resiste; y los que resisten, ellos mismos ganan condenacin para sí.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 13:2

Verse 2. Whosoever resisteth the power] o antitassomenov, He who sets himself in order against this order of God; th tou qeou diatagh, and they who resist, oi anqesthkotev, they who obstinately, and for no right reason, oppose the ruler, and strive to unsettle the constitution, and to bring about illegal changes, Shall receive to themselves damnation.] krima, condemnation; shall be condemned both by the spirit and letter of that constitution, which, under pretense of defending or improving, they are indirectly labouring to subvert.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power , etc..] The office of magistracy, and such as are lawfully placed in it, and rightly exercise it; who denies that there is, or ought to be any such order among men, despises it, and opposes it, and withdraws himself from it, and will not be subject to it in any form: resisteth the ordinance of God , the will and appointment of God, whose pleasure it is that there should be such an office, and that men should be subject to it. This is not to be understood, as if magistrates were above the laws, and had a lawless power to do as they will without opposition; for they are under the law, and liable to the penalty of it, in case of disobedience, as others; and when they make their own will a law, or exercise a lawless tyrannical power, in defiance of the laws of God, and of the land, to the endangering of the lives, liberties, and properties of subjects, they may be resisted, as Saul was by the people of Israel, when he would have took away the life of Jonathan for the breach of an arbitrary law of his own, and that too without the knowledge of it, ( 1 Samuel 14:45); but the apostle is speaking of resisting magistrates in the right discharge of their office, and in the exercise of legal power and authority: and they that resist them, in this sense, shall receive to themselves damnation ; that is, punishment; either temporal, and that either by the hand of the magistrate himself, who has it in his power to punish mutiny, sedition, and insurrection, and any opposition to him in the just discharge of his duty; or at the hand of God, in righteous judgment, for their disobedience to an ordinance of his; as in the case of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, who opposed themselves both to the civil and sacred government of the people of Israel, ( Numbers 26:9); and were swallowed up alive in the earth, ( Numbers 26:10): or eternal punishment, unless the grace of God prevents; for the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever, ( Jude 1:13), for such persons, who, among other of their characters, are said to despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities, ( Jude 1:8). This is another argument persuading to subjection to magistrates.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 1-7 - The grace of the gospel teaches us submission and quiet, where prid and the carnal mind only see causes for murmuring and discontent Whatever the persons in authority over us themselves may be, yet the just power they have, must be submitted to and obeyed. In the genera course of human affairs, rulers are not a terror to honest, quiet, an good subjects, but to evil-doers. Such is the power of sin an corruption, that many will be kept back from crimes only by the fear of punishment. Thou hast the benefit of the government, therefore do what thou canst to preserve it, and nothing to disturb it. This direct private persons to behave quietly and peaceably where God has set them 1Ti 2:1, 2. Christians must not use any trick or fraud. All smuggling dealing in contraband goods, withholding or evading duties, in rebellion against the express command of God. Thus honest neighbour are robbed, who will have to pay the more; and the crimes of smugglers and others who join with them, are abetted. It is painful that some professors of the gospel should countenance such dishonest practices The lesson here taught it becomes all Christians to learn and practise that the godly in the land will always be found the quiet and the peaceable in the land, whatever others are.

Greek Textus Receptus


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Vincent's NT Word Studies

2. He that resisteth (o antitassomenov). Lit., setteth himself in array against. See on 1 Pet. v. 5; Acts xviii. 6.

Resisteth (anqesthken). Rev., better, withstandeth. See on ch. ix. 19. Ordinance (diatagh). From tassw to put in place, which appears in the first resisteth. He setteth himself against that which is divinely set. Damnation (krima). Judicial sentence. Rev., better, judgment.

Robertson's NT Word Studies

13:2 {He that resisteth} (ho antitassomenos). Present middle articular participle of antitassw, old verb to range in battle against as in #Ac 18:6, "he that lines himself up against." {Withstandeth} (anthestken). Perfect active indicative of anqistemi and intransitive, "has taken his stand against." {The ordinance of God} (tei tou qeou diatagei). Late word, but common in papyri (Deissmann, _Light, etc._, p. 89), in N.T. only here and #Ac 7:53. Note repetition of root of tassw. {To themselves} (heautois). Dative of disadvantage. See #Mr 12:40 for "shall receive a judgment" (krina lmpsontai). Future middle of lambanw.

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