“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. — Hypotassō (subject, arrange under) exousias (authorities) reflects a political theology: all exousia (authority, delegated power) derives from God's hyperochē (preeminence). This is not naive endorsement but theological principle—even pagan Rome's authority is theologically situated. The diarchy (church and state) is not coequal but God ordains both.
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