Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power - `So that he who setteth himself against the authority'
Resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation - or 'condemnation' (according to the old sense of the word); that is, not from the magistrate, but from God, whose authority in the magistrates is resisted.