KJV: Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
YLT: so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.
Darby: So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who thus resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.
ASV: Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.
| ὁ | the [one] |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἀντιτασσόμενος | resisting |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀντιτάσσω Sense: to range in battle against. |
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| ἐξουσίᾳ | authority |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἐξουσία Sense: power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Θεοῦ | of God |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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| διαταγῇ | ordinance |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: διαταγή Sense: a disposition, arrangement, ordinance. |
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| ἀνθέστηκεν | has resisted |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀνθίστημι Sense: to set one’s self against, to withstand, resist, oppose. |
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| οἱ | those |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| ἀνθεστηκότες | having resisted |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀνθίστημι Sense: to set one’s self against, to withstand, resist, oppose. |
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| ἑαυτοῖς | upon themselves |
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Parse: Reflexive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: ἑαυτοῦ Sense: himself, herself, itself, themselves. |
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| κρίμα | judgment |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: κρίμα Sense: a decree, judgments. |
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| λήμψονται | will bring |
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Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Plural Root: λαμβάνω Sense: to take. |
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Greek Commentary for Romans 13:2
Present middle articular participle of αντιτασσω antitassō old verb to range in battle against as in Acts 18:6, “he that lines himself up against.” [source]
Perfect active indicative of αντιστημι anthistēmi and intransitive, “has taken his stand against.” The ordinance of God (τηι του τεου διαταγηι tēi tou theou diatagēi). Late word, but common in papyri (Deissmann, Light, etc., p. 89), in N.T. only here and Acts 7:53. Note repetition of root of τασσω tassō To themselves Dative of disadvantage. See Mark 12:40 for “shall receive a judgment” Future middle of λαμβανω lambanō f0). [source]
Late word, but common in papyri (Deissmann, Light, etc., p. 89), in N.T. only here and Acts 7:53. Note repetition of root of τασσω tassō [source]
Dative of disadvantage. See Mark 12:40 for “shall receive a judgment” Future middle of λαμβανω lambanō f0). [source]
Lit., setteth himself in array against. See on 1 Peter 5:5; see on Acts 18:6. [source]
Rev., better, withstandeth. See on Romans 9:19. [source]
From τάσσω toput in place, which appears in the first resisteth. He setteth himself against that which is divinely set. [source]
Judicial sentence. Rev., better, judgment. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 13:2
Lit., unto ordinances of angels. Εἰς means with reference to. Disposition ( διαταγή ) is used by A. V. in the sense of arrangement, as we say a general disposed his trooPsalms The word occurs only here and Romans 13:2, where it is rendered ordinance. The kindred verb διατάσσω occurs often, and mostly in the sense of command or appoint. See Matthew 11:1; Luke 3:13. In 1 Corinthians 11:34, it is translated set in order. The reference is most probably to the Jewish tradition that the law was given through the agency of angels. See Deuteronomy 33:2. Compare Psalm 68:17. Paul expressly says that the law was administered by the medium of angels (Galatians 3:19). Compare the word spoken by angels (Hebrews 2:2). Render, therefore, as Rev., as it was ordained by angels. [source]
Genitive absolute with present middle (direct middle again) of αντιτασσω antitassō old verb to range in battle array In the N.T. only here and Romans 13:2; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5. Paul‘s fresh activity roused the rabbis as at Antioch in Pisidia and at Thessalonica in concerted opposition and railing (blasphemy). [source]
About angels, see note on Acts 7:38. Διαταγη Diatagē (from διατασσω diatassō to arrange, appoint) occurs in late Greek, lxx, inscriptions, papyri, Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, pp. 89ff., and in N.T. only here and Romans 13:2. At (or as) the appointment of angels (cf. Matthew 10:41; Matthew 12:41 for this use of εις eis). And kept it not (και ουκ επυλαχατε kai ouk ephulaxate). Like a whipcracker these words cut to the quick. They gloried in possessing the law and openly violated it (Romans 2:23). [source]
The phrase only here. See on 1 Timothy 3:6. Damnation is an unfortunate rendering in the light of the present common understanding of the word, as it is also in 1 Corinthians 11:29. Better, judgment or condemnation, as Romans 3:8; Romans 13:2. The meaning is that they carry about with them in their new, married life a condemnation, a continuous reproach. Comp. 1 Timothy 4:2; Galatians 5:10. It should be said for the translators of 1611 that they used damnation in this sense of, judgment or condemnation, as is shown by the present participle having. In its earlier usage the word implied no allusion to a future punishment. Thus Chaucer“For wel thou woost (knowest) thyselven verrailyThat thou and I be dampned to prisoun.”Knight's T. 1175.Wiclif: “Nethir thou dredist God, that thou art in the same dampnacioun?” Luke 23:40. Laud.: “Pope Alexander III. condemned Peter Lombard of heresy, and he lay under that damnation for thirty and six years.” “A legacy by damnation” was one in which the testator imposed on his heir an obligation to give the legatee the thing bequeathed, and which afforded the legatee a personal claim against the heir. [source]
“Greater sentence.” See Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47 for περρισοτερον κριμα perrisoteron krima (the sentence from the judge, Romans 13:2). The reason is obvious. The pretence of knowledge adds to the teacher‘s responsibility and condemnation. [source]
To prove this point James quotes Proverbs 3:34.God resisteth the proud (ο τεος υπερηπανοις αντιτασσεται ho theos huperēphanois antitassetai). Present middle (direct) indicative of αντιτασσω antitassō old military term, to range in battle against, with dative case (Romans 13:2) as in James 5:6. υπερηπανοις Huperēphanois (υπερ παινομαι huperταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν phainomai) is like our vernacular “stuck-up folks” (Romans 1:30), “haughty persons.”But giveth grace to the humble Anarthrous adjective again, “to humble or lowly persons,” for which word see James 1:9. Cf. James 2:5-7; James 5:1-6. [source]
Present middle (direct) indicative of αντιτασσω antitassō old military term, to range in battle against, with dative case (Romans 13:2) as in James 5:6. υπερηπανοις Huperēphanois (υπερ παινομαι huperταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν phainomai) is like our vernacular “stuck-up folks” (Romans 1:30), “haughty persons.” [source]