Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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Gill's Exposition
For so is the will of God,.... Which refers not so much to what goes before; though it is a truth, that it is the will of God that men should be subject to magistrates, and that magistrates should…
Barnes' Notes
Or unto governors - Subordinate officers, appointed by the chief magistrate, over provinces. Perhaps Roman proconsuls are here particularly intended. As unto them that are sent by him - By the king,…
Adam Clarke
Or unto governors - By king as supreme, the Roman emperor is meant; and by governors, ἡγεμοσιν, are meant, leaders, governors, presidents, proconsuls, and other chief magistrates, sent by him into…
The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of…
Cambridge Bible
as unto them that are sent by him The tense of the Greek participle indicates that obedience was to be paid to those who, from time to time, were the local representatives of the central supreme…