Honor Your Parents in Civil Authority

¹ Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God’s permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God. ² Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment upon himself. ³ For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you, ⁴ because they are God’s servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God’s servants and carry out God’s punishment on those who do evil. ⁵ For this reason you must obey the authorities—not just because of God’s punishment but as a matter of conscience. ⁶ That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties. ROMANS 13 tev

²¹ Fear the Lord and the king, My son, and do not join with the rebellious, ²² for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring. PROVERBS 24

⁷ Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. ROMANS 13 nkjv

² Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God. ³ Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will [react and] do whatever he pleases. ⁴ Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him “What are you doing?” ⁵ Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm; the wise heart knows the proper time and procedure. ⁶ For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. ECCLESIASTES 8

¹³ Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake [out of reverence for Him] to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, ¹⁴ or to the [local] governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. ¹⁵ For it is God’s will that by righteousness you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. ¹⁶ Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. ¹⁷ Show proper respect to everyone. Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. 1 PETER 2

Civil authority pertains to the king. But it encompasses the modern-day chief executive officer, chief operating officer and all the other officials in Government, Business and Education just as well.

Civil authority addresses the relationship between the governed and the governing, the student and the teacher, the employee and the employer, the subordinate and the leader.