<p>13:3 <i>For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. If you wish to live without fear of the authorities- then do that which is good And you shall have praise from the same</i><em>- </em>As noted on :2, this implies there was serious criminal misbehaviour amongst some in the church at Rome. And yet Paul writes in such warm terms about the church in chapter 1. This is the great challenge of Christianity; to accept the weakness of others, not turn away from it nor justify it, within the larger framework of knowing that they too are partakers of grace and salvation.</p>