Obeying Mans Law

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

And he said unto them, Then render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.

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

They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

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

for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. — read the full passage →

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, — read the full passage →

but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel? — read the full passage →

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? — read the full passage →

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. — read the full passage →

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

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

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.

and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled greatly at him.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God. — read the full passage →

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.