For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
For this cause tribute is to be paid as part of being subject to the governing authorities, providing the support that civil authority claims, since submission includes tribute, custom, and all dues claimed in the work of government. Civil rulers are God's ministers who attend continually upon this very thing, carrying out their assigned work of government. Human government is an ordinance of divine appointment. The teaching that civil authorities are God's ministers means people are to submit to their authority rather than reject all civil control.
Obedience to government is a sacred duty within its legitimate sphere. This subjection means recognizing that the powers are ordained of God, doing good so as to receive praise rather than fear the sword that is borne against evil, being subject for conscience sake as well as for wrath, and rendering tribute, custom, fear, and honor. God's word is the supreme authority above all human legislation, above church and state, and the crown of Christ is to be uplifted above earthly rulers. State laws are therefore to be obeyed only when obedience does not conflict with God's law. When the claims of government conflict with the claims of God, God must be obeyed rather than men, any demand that conflicts with duty to Him must be refused, and loyalty to God must remain firm when human laws oppose His law.
Submission is to be shown with hearts fully surrendered to God and with nothing done in a defiant spirit. Believers are not required to defy authorities. Words spoken or written are to be carefully considered so as not to appear antagonistic to law and order or unnecessarily to close the way, while still going forward in Christ's name advocating truth even when forbidden by men. Respect for lawful authority is to be shown without a defiant spirit even when God's law is made void. Submission remains duty in those days, and then the zeal of the true and loyal rises with the emergency and their testimony becomes more steadfast, warm, decided, positive, and unflinching.
Christians must obey princes and civil authority and remain under control and order. Such obedience is not serving God and Belial at once, and does not mean divided allegiance. Denying this duty in the name of divine sanction violates the verse and lets prejudice and passion loose, producing sedition, strife, and bloodshed. Managers and department leaders in institutions are placed in positions of trust by God and are thereby given His respect and honor, and must be respected and honored in return. Youth under their care are to submit to their discipline and regulations, since those in charge understand better than others what rules are essential. Parents are not to blindly sustain children who refuse submission or insist on their own way in differences with superiors, but are to go directly to those in authority to learn the truth, manifest confidence in their judgment, and teach children respect and honor for them as foundational to loyalty to truth, to fellow beings, and to God.
For this cause tribute is to be paid as part of being subject to the governing authorities, providing the support that civil authority claims, since submission includes tribute, custom, and all dues claimed in the work of government. Civil rulers are God's ministers who attend continually upon this very thing, carrying out their assigned work of government. Human government is an ordinance of divine appointment. The teaching that civil authorities are God's ministers means people are to submit to their authority rather than reject all civil control.
Obedience to government is a sacred duty within its legitimate sphere. This subjection means recognizing that the powers are ordained of God, doing good so as to receive praise rather than fear the sword that is borne against evil, being subject for conscience sake as well as for wrath, and rendering tribute, custom, fear, and honor. God's word is the supreme authority above all human legislation, above church and state, and the crown of Christ is to be uplifted above earthly rulers. State laws are therefore to be obeyed only when obedience does not conflict with God's law. When the claims of government conflict with the claims of God, God must be obeyed rather than men, any demand that conflicts with duty to Him must be refused, and loyalty to God must remain firm when human laws oppose His law.
Submission is to be shown with hearts fully surrendered to God and with nothing done in a defiant spirit. Believers are not required to defy authorities. Words spoken or written are to be carefully considered so as not to appear antagonistic to law and order or unnecessarily to close the way, while still going forward in Christ's name advocating truth even when forbidden by men. Respect for lawful authority is to be shown without a defiant spirit even when God's law is made void. Submission remains duty in those days, and then the zeal of the true and loyal rises with the emergency and their testimony becomes more steadfast, warm, decided, positive, and unflinching.
Christians must obey princes and civil authority and remain under control and order. Such obedience is not serving God and Belial at once, and does not mean divided allegiance. Denying this duty in the name of divine sanction violates the verse and lets prejudice and passion loose, producing sedition, strife, and bloodshed. Managers and department leaders in institutions are placed in positions of trust by God and are thereby given His respect and honor, and must be respected and honored in return. Youth under their care are to submit to their discipline and regulations, since those in charge understand better than others what rules are essential. Parents are not to blindly sustain children who refuse submission or insist on their own way in differences with superiors, but are to go directly to those in authority to learn the truth, manifest confidence in their judgment, and teach children respect and honor for them as foundational to loyalty to truth, to fellow beings, and to God.