“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,”
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work — the civic obligation (hypotassesthai exousias) flows from theological conviction rather than coercion, reflecting Romans 13. Obedience and readiness for good works form the positive content of submission, preventing passive complicity with injustice. The reminder function (hypepoiē) suggests these were previously taught truths requiring renewal in memory.
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