Romans 13:5
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.”
ὀργή
Wrath, anger, indignation. Orge. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven. God's wrath is not irrational rage. It is the settled holy opposition of perfect love to everything that destroys.
ὑποτάσσω
to be subject,
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ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
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μόνος
only
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μόνος
Only, alone, solitary. Monos. Man shall not live by bread alone. The deepest hungers of life cannot be satisfied by material things. Only God can fill what God shaped.
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διά
on account of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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συνείδησις
conscience.
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συνείδησις
co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness
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διό
Therefore
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διό
through which thing, i.e. consequently
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