Quotes About Authority

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

Command and teach these things.

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,

But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.