Government Under God, with Michael Bird: Romans 13:1-7

Exegetically Speaking

Does Rom. 13:1 leave room for sanctioned rebellion against a government? Take 1775 for example. Dr. Michael Bird is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College (Melbourne, Australia). His many publications include https://www.amazon.com/Romans-Greek-English-Interlinear-Interpreters-Translation/dp/1683598148/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=nRgj8&content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_r=135-5875519-7798305&pd_rd_wg=lKBob&pd_rd_r=39570c70-bdff-4f96-8c16-052413789845&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRomans-Greek-English-Interlinear-Interpreters-Translation%2Fdp%2F1683598148%2F%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26pd_rd_w%3DnRgj8%26content-id%3Damzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba%26pf_rd_p%3Df76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba%26pf_rd_r%3D135-5875519-7798305%26pd_rd_wg%3DlKBob%26pd_rd_r%3D39570c70-bdff-4f96-8c16-052413789845%26ref_%3Daufs_ap_sc_dsk&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7C74431009823f470fb7f608dcef580f91%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638648408707623390%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TosEtZlRmw6pZAVgdRfmAY032M%2BP0k0JsK7DzFvDnoo%3D&reserved=0"> Romans: Greek-English Interlinear | Paraphrase | Study Notes, https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-among-gods-Christology-Greco-Roman/dp/1481316753/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1H2LPG8W25LTF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d5eFC-pif9n5saWwsvXsUvMpJaunWNVEQvQZ2nBAs-IW5EkX8g8EUwiznJ0FhDkPp6AEFG5tr70ZHCNfQE_-1Io79ztFCz5RaX9JC4mKuLb3oAGy9w9Nexhr7rJZvx5ZV2kjkxtzFHNf5WJPCL6ug_nfew5P3ILDWSEDE9D1AnNzQmi4iCmSyWNd6yNk8Z-7kPYkTxJD37NSGQg81hEsfkAfv7FDb9lHmvo-7u1cPnRqblR69GFMIuI7_E6-Yih8M53xgdw_e3kJV55y29qbI-xCAlzfB9IzfbOmgH6YfK8.nEbAqgfBSv8MWs8faRWgOVd9hrXBPlkxn_Wws10lA98&dib_tag=se&keywords=michael+bird&qid=1723926134&sprefix=michael+bird%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3 Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FJesus-among-gods-Christology-Greco-Roman%2Fdp%2F1481316753%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fcrid%3D1H2LPG8W25LTF%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d5eFC-pif9n5saWwsvXsUvMpJaunWNVEQvQZ2nBAs-IW5EkX8g8EUwiznJ0FhDkPp6AEFG5tr70ZHCNfQE_-1Io79ztFCz5RaX9JC4mKuLb3oAGy9w9Nexhr7rJZvx5ZV2kjkxtzFHNf5WJPCL6ug_nfew5P3ILDWSEDE9D1AnNzQmi4iCmSyWNd6yNk8Z-7kPYkTxJD37NSGQg81hEsfkAfv7FDb9lHmvo-7u1cPnRqblR69GFMIuI7_E6-Yih8M53xgdw_e3kJV55y29qbI-xCAlzfB9IzfbOmgH6YfK8.nEbAqgfBSv8MWs8faRWgOVd9hrXBPlkxn_Wws10lA98%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dmichael%2Bbird%26qid%3D1723926134%26sprefix%3Dmichael%2Bbird%252Caps%252C101%26sr%3D8-3&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7C74431009823f470fb7f608dcef580f91%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638648408707642991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tbbt%2BibooGtezW%2FLtKnB2m47A12pyhlLw5byjBsrwms%3D&reserved=0"> Jesus among the gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World, and (with N. T. Wright) https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Powers-Totalitarian-Dysfunctional-Democracies/dp/0310162246/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=W9v3R&content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_r=135-5875519-7798305&pd_rd_wg=ceIM2&pd_rd_r=ce7e911f-00c0-48e9-8286-13244741396e&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FJesus-Powers-Totalitarian-Dysfunctional-Democracies%2Fdp%2F0310162246%2F%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26pd_rd_w%3DW9v3R%26content-id%3Damzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba%26pf_rd_p%3Df76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba%26pf_rd_r%3D135-5875519-7798305%26pd_rd_wg%3DceIM2%26pd_rd_r%3Dce7e911f-00c0-48e9-8286-13244741396e%26ref_%3Daufs_ap_sc_dsk&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7C74431009823f470fb7f608dcef580f91%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638648408707659078%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fZeM6zG%2FusLp7jJZQAhU7LCHB%2F0U2ekmEPg06DMq27w%3D&reserved=0"> Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies.

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