Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Non est potestas, exousia, nisi a Deo. St. Chrysostom, om. kg. p. 189. ouk eipen, ou gar estin archon ei me upo tou theou, alla peri tou pragmatos dialegetai legon, ou gar estin exousia. Ver. 13. Non in cubilibus, me koitais, which may signify beds, chambers, or immodest actions.
