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- Romans 13:1-5 ESV / 560 helpful votes. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
- Titus 3:1 ESV / 515 helpful votes. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
- Romans 2:13 ESV / 477 helpful votes. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
- 1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV / 361 helpful votes. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
What is it to obey the law? What is it to disobey? Philosophers have paid little attention to these questions. Yet the concepts of obedience and disobedience have long grounded many perennial debates in moral, legal, and political philosophy. In this essay, I develop systematic accounts of each concept.
- Michael Sevel
- 2018
Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law in at least two ways: as a teacher and as a doer. He taught people to obey the Law (Matthew 22:35–40; Mark 1:44), and He obeyed the Law Himself (John 8:46; 1 Peter 2:22). In living a perfect life, Jesus fulfilled the moral laws; in His sacrificial death, Jesus fulfilled the ceremonial laws.
- What Is Political Obligation?
- The Argument from Fair Play
- Against Political Obligation?
- Civil Disobedience
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To have a political obligation is to have a moral duty to obey the laws and support the institutions of one’s political community. In fact, I think political obligations are a broader category of duties than strictly legal obligations. The two can come apart. For example, I might have a legal obligation to pay tax in a deeply corrupt state, but not...
The question of the duty to obey the law is an old question and the subject of one of Plato’s most famous early Socratic dialogues. In the Crito, Socrates engages in an intense conversation with his followers about whether or not he should flee the city that has just condemned him to death. In the end, he decides he should not, mainly because he fe...
This debate continues to rage on the pages of political philosophy journals and blogs. But it remains a critical issue too for contemporary politics, where people disagree vehemently about significant political, social and economic issues. If we really don’t see our community as bound by laws that enable us to cooperate together in a mutually benef...
So the Prime Minister and his colleagues have overstated the case that in suggesting there might be times when disobeying unjust laws is justified, McManus is somehow advocating chaos. As a civil libertarian he should know better. And yet McManus needs to understand that the grounds for civil disobedience must be carefully considered. It is a condi...
A philosophical exploration of the moral duty to obey the law and the state, with reference to Plato, Socrates and Martin Luther King. The article examines the arguments from fair play, consent and natural duties, and the conditions for civil disobedience.
For whoever keeps the whole Written Law and slips in one thing, he is condemned by the entire Law. Contemporary English Version If you obey every law except one, you are still guilty of breaking them all.
Oct 8, 2013 · John Piper explains the difference between law and gospel in the Bible, and how Christians should obey the law in light of Christ's work. He contrasts the Pentateuch, the Mosaic covenant, and the principle of commandment-keeping with the gospel of justification by faith.
