Romanos 13:2

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

Ver. 2. Resisteth the power ] His authoritative commands, not his personal.

Receive to themselves damnation ] κριμα , 1 Corinthians 11:31-32 . Poenam sibi auferent, saith Piscator, they shall receive punishment, to wit, from the magistrate; as Aretine deserved to do, who by longer custom of libellous and contumelious speaking against princes, had got such a habit, that at last he came to diminish and disesteem God himself.