Romans 13:4: "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer."

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That is obviously an interpolation. Paul and Christians were severely persecuted by both the Roman empire and the Jews. He couldn't have believed that. Not to mention he just spent the entirety of that letter dissing both law and wrath.

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    No he doesn't. One of the fake general epistles does, but not Paul.