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6. φόρους. Luk 20:22; Luk 23:2 only, direct taxes on persons, houses or land. τέλος of customs, taxes on trades.
λειτουργοί, of public service or office; here as administering public functions committed to them by GOD: the connexion of the word with public service of religion is secondary.
εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, to this very end, i.e. of securing social order and obedience, τὸ ὑποτάσσεσθαι.
προσκαρτεροῦντες, absol.: cf. Act 2:46.