Submission to Governing Authorities

13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities,^(A) for there is no authority except that which God has established.^(B) The authorities that exist have been established by God.

²⁷ For he “has put everything under his feet.”^[a](A) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.^(B)

²² who has gone into heaven^(A) and is at God’s right hand^(B)—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.^(C)