Disrespectful To Authority

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? — read the full passage →

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, — read the full passage →

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house. — read the full passage →