How Are We To Treat Those Who Rule Over Us?

The Apostle Paul tells us how we are to treat those who rule over us. We are to be courteous and and be obedient. Of course are not to do things that are contrary to God's moral laws and those things he tells us not to do.

Titus 3 ISV

1Remind believersa to 

• submit to rulers and authorities, 
• to be obedient, 
• and to be ready to do any honorable kind of work. 
• 2They are not to insultb anyone or be argumentative. 
• Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone. 

3After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

4In grace our Savior God appeared,

to make his love for mankind clear.

5‘Twas not for deeds that we had done,

but by his steadfast lovec alone,

he saved us through a second birth,

renewed us by the Spirit’sd work,

6and poured him out upon us, too,

through Jesus the Messiahe our Savior true.

7And so, made heirs by his own grace,

eternal life we now embrace.f

8This saying is trustworthy.g I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their faith in God may devote themselves to good actions. These things are good and helpful to other people.