Romanos 13:1-7

1. Conduct towards the government 13:1-7

Paul passed from a loosely connected series of exhortations in Romans 12:9-21 to a well-organized argument about a single subject in Romans 13:1-7 (cf. Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26; 1 Peter 2:13-14).

"Forbidding the Christian from taking vengeance and allowing God to exercise this right in the last judgment [cf. Romans 12:19-21] might lead one to think that God was letting evildoers have their way in this world. Not so, says Paul in Romans 13:1-7: for God, through governing authorities, is even now inflicting wrath on evildoers (Romans 13:3-4)." [Note: Moo, p. 792.]