It seems to me that the key to protecting yourself from spiritually abusive authority is to educate yourself as to how common it is and what to look for. The many verses you provided are very helpful in this aspect, along with the encouragement to study carefully the meaning of ...
1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 罗马书 13:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God:...
God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority?
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. Read full chapter King...
I urge you to put yourselves at the service of such people, and of everyone who works and toils with them. Translations from AramaicLamsa BibleThat you may listen to all those who are as they are, and to every one who labors with us and is of help.Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishThat ...
For there is no power which is not from God: and those who are in authority are ordained by God.Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishLet every soul be subject to the authority of the great, for there is no authority that is not from the same God, and those authorities who are from God are...
We may sometimes want to justify our wrong behavior by saying the government is corrupt, therefor, we shall do likewise. Daniel was in captivity under the authority of a pagan ruler, yet he was faithful. He continued to do what was right. ...
This type of beauty is very precious in God’s eyes. 5 For it was in this way that holy women who trusted in God used to make themselves beautiful, accepting the authority of their own husbands. 6 For example, Sarah accepted Abraham’s authority when she called him master. You have ...
Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority or to governors as those sent out by him...
18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 歌罗西书 3:18 — New Century Version (NCV) 18 Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord. 歌罗西书 3:18 — American Standard Version (ASV) 18 Wives, be in...