Rom 13:1-4 | JFB | STEP | 1-2. Let every soul-- every man of you be subject unto the higher powers-- or, "submit himself to the authorities that are above him." For there is no power-- "no authority" but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God-- "have been ordained of God."

‏ Romans 13:1-4

1-2. Let every soul--every man of you

be subject unto the higher powers--or, "submit himself to the authorities that are above him."

For there is no power--"no authority"

but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God--"have been ordained of God."

3-4. For rulers are not a terror to good works--"to the good work," as the true reading appears to be

but to the evil.