[odawg]

“Carter noted this First Peter passage: “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority...”

Yes, certainly, and in our case, the ones in authority are We the People, as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution.

[Scrambler Bob]

“Carter noted this First Peter passage: “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority...”
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2 Cor 11:
32In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

Looks like Paul didn’t submit himself to the governor of Damascus, under Arteas the king.

[MayflowerMadam]

“in our case, the ones in authority are We the People, as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution.”

Good point.