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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 13:2 - 13:2
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2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Ver. 2. Resisteth the power] His authoritative commands, not his personal.
Receive to themselves damnation]
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, 1Co_11:31-32. Poenam sibi auferent, saith Piscator, they shall receive punishment, to wit, from the magistrate; as Aretine deserved to do, who by longer custom of libellous and contumelious speaking against princes, had got such a habit, that at last he came to diminish and disesteem God himself.