Study it in the app“For rulers are not a cause of fear to good work, but to bad. Do you want, then, not to fear the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from it;”
Forγὰρrulersοἱ ἄρχοντεςare notοὐκ εἰσὶνa cause of fearφόβοςto goodτῷ ἀγαθῷwork,ἔργῳbutἀλλὰto bad.τῷ κακῷDo you want,θέλειςthen,δὲnotμὴto fearφοβεῖσθαιthe authority?τὴν ἐξουσίανDoποίειwhat is good,τὸ ἀγαθὸνandκαὶyou will haveἕξειςpraiseἔπαινονfromἐξit;αὐτῆς
ruler
Someone in command: a ruler, a judge or the one presiding over a synagogue.
Where else “archontes” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appearsreverence
Deep respect, above all for God.
Where else “phobos” appearsgood
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathōi” appearsdeed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōi” appearsevil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kakōi” appearswant
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “theleis” appearsbe afraid
To be afraid: "do not fear".
Where else “phobeisthai” appearsauthority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appearsbear fruit
To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
Where else “poiei” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “hexeis” appearspraise
Praise, approval.
Where else “epainon” appears2So whoever resists the authority has resisted the ordinance of God, and those who have resisted will receive judgment on themselves.
3 · This verse (above)
4for it is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is God’s servant, an avenger for wrath on the one who practices evil.
1. What it says
What does Paul say we owe others, and how does he sum up the law? (vv. 8-10)
2. What it means
Why does Paul say love does no harm to a neighbor and so fulfills the law? (v. 10)
3. How I live it
Whom close to you can you show love in a concrete way this week, expecting nothing in return?
