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"1. 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. 2.Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
The grk "exousia" is more properly translated as "authority", than power (gkr kratos or dymamis)
So Paul asks christians to obey the authorities, in other words the Law of their land.
The above verse has been used in the past by all kind of rulers (kings, dictators, conquerors, ...even churches like the R/C church) who were trying to establish their authority on people using the belief of a God offered authority, The phrase "by the grace of God, king" relied on those verses and was invented to show to people the "divine right of rulers/kings". But when the Bible talks about " the powers that be are ordained of God", it means the characteristics that God put in people to make organized societies with hierarcy and subjected to rules. Not that God placed some people of His own will to rule others. The latter is true in democratic societies (since God respects our free choise) but not in dictatorships or conquerors or any other forced rule.
"1. 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. 2.Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
The grk "exousia" is more properly translated as "authority", than power (gkr kratos or dymamis)
So Paul asks christians to obey the authorities, in other words the Law of their land.
The above verse has been used in the past by all kind of rulers (kings, dictators, conquerors, ...even churches like the R/C church) who were trying to establish their authority on people using the belief of a God offered authority, The phrase "by the grace of God, king" relied on those verses and was invented to show to people the "divine right of rulers/kings". But when the Bible talks about " the powers that be are ordained of God", it means the characteristics that God put in people to make organized societies with hierarcy and subjected to rules. Not that God placed some people of His own will to rule others. The latter is true in democratic societies (since God respects our free choise) but not in dictatorships or conquerors or any other forced rule.
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