To principalities and powers] better (as RV), 'to rulers, to authorities.' We should be apt to say, 'to the government.' To obey magistrates] The original meaning of the Gk. word is 'to obey one's superiors': 'to obey' or 'to be obedient' (RV) is, therefore, a better translation.
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Titus 3:1
1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,