<p>13:5- see on 1 Jn. 3:18.</p><p><i>Therefore you must be in subjection, not only because of God&rsquo;s anger against sin, but also for the sake of your conscience- </i>God's judgment would be manifest through the local authorities. But subjection to the authorities was not just in order to avoid judgment against sin, but because of a sense of conscience. Those authorities represented Him, and therefore quiet obedience to them was part of conscience towards God.</p>