Romans 13:1-3 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God.

NHEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God. ² Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. ³ For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,