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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul tells believers how to live under their rulers.
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# Let every soul be subject to
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Here "soul" is a synecdoche for the whole person. "Every Christian should obey" or "Everyone should obey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# higher authorities
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"government officials"
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# for
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because
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# there is no authority unless it comes from God
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"all authority comes from God"
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# The authorities that exist have been appointed by God
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You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "And the people who are in authority are there because God put them there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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