Bible verses about "politics" | Godbey

¹⁸ And Jesus having come spoke to them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and upon earth.

¹¹ and that you aspire to be quiet, and to prosecute your own employments, and work with your hands, as we proclaimed unto you; ¹² in order that you may walk about circumspectly toward the aliens, and you may have need of nothing.

¹⁷ Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

²⁴ No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles responding said, It behooves us to obey God rather than men.

¹⁷ Then tell us, what seems good to thee? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁸ And Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, O ye hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me the tribute money: and they brought Him a denarion. ²⁰ And He says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? ²¹ They say to Him, Caesar's. Then He says to them, Therefore render Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things which are God's.

⁹ but reject foolish questions, and genealogies, and strife, and controversies about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

¹ Moreover, first of all things, I exhort you, that prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made in behalf of all men; ² for kings and all who are in authority; in order that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty.

¹ Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God; and the existing authorities have been ordained of God. ² So the one resisting the authority, antagonizes the ordinance of God: and those antagonizing shall receive to themselves judgment. ³ For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Whether do you not wish to fear the authority? do the good, and you shall have praise from it: ⁴ for he is the minister of God for you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, executing judgment unto wrath unto the one doing evil. ⁵ Therefore it is necessary to submit, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience. ⁶ For on account of this also pay tribute; for they are the ministers of God, attending to this very thing. ⁷ Give to all their dues: custom to whom custom is due; tribute to whom tribute is due; fear to whom fear is due; honor to whom honor is due.