Bible verses about "patriotism" | Sawyer

³⁷ And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

⁶ And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not terrified, for all things must be accomplished; but the end is not yet.

¹³ No man has greater love than this, that one should give his life for his friends.

^{1 (9:3)} Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God. ² So that he who resists the power resists the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, and you shall have praise from it; ⁴ for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil. ⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only on account of punishment, but also on account of conscience. ^{6 (9:4)} For on this account also you pay taxes; for [magistrates] are servants of God attending constantly to this same thing. ⁷ Pay to all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor. ⁸ Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law. ⁹ For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ¹⁰ Love does no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is the sum of the law. ¹¹ And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy; ¹⁴ but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.

¹⁶ as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God.

²⁹ And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey God rather than man.

³⁶ Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom had been of this world my officers would have fought for me, that I should not be given up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not here.

⁹ But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light; ¹⁰ who formerly were not a people, but now are a people of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹⁷ Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

^{1 (1:4)} I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men, ² for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

^{1 (9:3)} Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God. ² So that he who resists the power resists the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, and you shall have praise from it; ⁴ for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil. ⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only on account of punishment, but also on account of conscience.

^{13 (4:7)} All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things show that they seek a native country. ¹⁵ And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return; ¹⁶ but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

²⁰ But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,