"For they are God's servants, working for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong." - Romans 13:4
“Paul teaching on government authority.
“For they are God’s servants, working for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God’s servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong.” - Romans 13:4”
Paul was also murdering Christians, but he got his act together, got himself right with God and repented. It’s available for God to intervene and spare the life of a murderer if that person truly turns to God and receives deliverance. Nevertheless, that doesn’t eliminate the need for the death penalty for those who reject God and refuse to turn from evil, something the Pope fails to realize.