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‫‪rulers‬‬
‫‪In‬‬ ‫‪Romans‬‬ ‫‪13,‬‬ ‫‪we‬‬ ‫‪read,‬‬ ‫‪in‬‬
‫‪verse‬‬ ‫‪1,‬‬ ‫‪"Let‬‬ ‫‪every‬‬ ‫‪soul‬‬ ‫‪be‬‬
‫‪subject‬‬ ‫‪unto‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪higher‬‬ ‫"‪powers.‬‬
‫‪Whoever‬‬ ‫‪our‬‬ ‫‪ruler‬‬ ‫‪may‬‬ ‫‪be,‬‬ ‫‪he‬‬
‫‪holds‬‬ ‫‪that‬‬ ‫‪position‬‬ ‫‪because‬‬ ‫‪God‬‬
‫‪allows‬‬ ‫‪him‬‬ ‫‪to‬‬ ‫‪do‬‬ ‫‪so.‬‬ ‫‪(I‬‬ ‫‪Peter‬‬ ‫‪2,‬‬
‫‪verses‬‬ ‫‪13-15).‬‬
‫‪This‬‬ ‫‪is‬‬ ‫‪true,‬‬ ‫‪too,‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪people‬‬
‫‪who‬‬ ‫‪are‬‬ ‫‪over‬‬ ‫‪us‬‬ ‫‪at‬‬ ‫‪work.‬‬ ‫‪So‬‬ ‫‪we‬‬
‫‪must‬‬ ‫‪obey‬‬ ‫‪those‬‬ ‫‪who‬‬ ‫‪have‬‬
‫‪authority‬‬ ‫‪over‬‬ ‫‪us,‬‬ ‫‪even‬‬ ‫‪when‬‬
‫‪they‬‬ ‫‪are‬‬ ‫‪unkind‬‬ ‫‪and‬‬
‫‪unreasonable.‬‬ ‫‪So‬‬ ‫‪Peter‬‬ ‫‪tells‬‬ ‫‪us,‬‬
‫‪"Slaves,‬‬ ‫‪accept‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪authority‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬
‫‪your‬‬ ‫‪masters‬‬ ‫‪with‬‬ ‫‪all‬‬ ‫‪deference,‬‬
‫‪not‬‬ ‫‪only‬‬ ‫‪those‬‬ ‫‪who‬‬ ‫‪are‬‬ ‫‪kind‬‬ ‫‪and‬‬
‫‪gentle‬‬ ‫‪but‬‬ ‫‪also‬‬ ‫‪those‬‬ ‫‪who‬‬ ‫‪are‬‬