Civil Disobedience

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. …

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. …

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,

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.