Goodspeed(i)
1 Everyone must obey the authorities that are over him, for no authority can exist without the permission of God; the existing authorities have been established by him,
2 so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.
3 The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it,
4 for they are God's agents to do you good. But if you do wrong you may well be afraid, for they do not carry swords for nothing. They are God's servants, to execute his wrath upon wrongdoers.
5 You must obey them, therefore, not only to escape God's wrath, but as a matter of principle,