Magistrates: should Subjection to Their Authority Enjoined

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

…or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.