Romans 13:5 Parallel Translations

Therefore, it is necessary for you to obey, not only because you're afraid of God's anger but also because of your own conscience.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

ASV:

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience'sake.

BBE:

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

DBY:

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

ERV:

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience sake.

WEY:

We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.

WBS:

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

WEB:

Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

YLT:

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

Romans 13:5 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.

1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

13:5 {7} Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but {d} also for conscience sake.
(7) The conclusion: we must obey the magistrate, not only for fear of punishment, but much more because (although the magistrate has no power over the conscience of man, yet seeing he is God's minister) he cannot be resisted by any good conscience.
(d) So far as we lawfully may: for if unlawful things are commanded to us, we must answer as Peter teaches us, It is better to obey God than men.

PNT:

13:5 Wherefore... not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. There are two reasons for obedience to the civil ruler: (1) If one fails to obey him, he will be a subject of his wrath (judgment) and be punished. (2) It is God's will that we should obey our civil rulers. Hence, conscience should be a motive.

WES:

13:5 Not only for fear of wrath - That is, punishment from man. But for conscience' sake - Out of obedience to God.

MHC:

13:1-7 The grace of the gospel teaches us submission and quiet, where pride 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 general course of human affairs, rulers are not a terror to honest, quiet, and good subjects, but to evil-doers. Such is the power of sin and 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 directs 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, is rebellion against the express command of God. Thus honest neighbours 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.

CONC:

Account Authorities Authority Avoid Conscience Escape Fear God's Necessary Needs Obey Order Possible Punishment Sake Subject Subjection Submit Wherefore Wrath Yourselves

Account Authorities Authority Avoid Conscience Escape Fear God's Necessary Need Needs Obey Order Possible Punishment Right Sake Subject Subjection Submit Wherefore Wrath Yourselves

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