Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords, . . . serving with a good will as to the Lord, and not to men. (Eph. vi. 5-7.)
Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God: and those that are, are ordained of God. Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation. (Rom. xiii. 1, 2.)
I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men: for kings, and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity. (1 Tim. i. 1, 2.)
Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s. (Matt. xxii. 21.)
Duties of Parents and Superiors
HE THAT spareth the rod hateth his son; he that loveth him correcteth him betimes. (Prov. xiii. 24.)
A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful. Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. (Ecclus. xxx. 8-12.)
Hast thou children? Instruct them and bow down their necks from their childhood. (Ecclus. vii. 25.)
And he that shall receive one such little child in My name, receiveth Me. But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals. (Matt. xviii. 5-7.)
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (Col. iii. 21.)
