The Scriptures do teach that the “powers-that-be” have legitimate authority, but this is not an unlimited authority. The apostle Paul bounds in the power of Caesar’s sword to the punishing of “wrongdoers” (Rom. 13:4). The apostle wrote that taxes are to be paid, along with honor and respect, to those to whom such things are due (Rom. 13:7). Such is in continuity with Jesus’ oft-quoted teaching to “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:13–17).