Rom 13:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Let every person be subject to the governing authorities . For there is no authority except from God , and those that exist have been instituted by God .

Romans 13:1-2

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person ^abe subject to the governing authorities. For ^bthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.