[circlecity]

"Perhaps I misunderstood your intent in the first post. We’re you suggesting that if the government’s laws specifiy death as a penalty then that is legit?"

Paul was saying one of the reasons God establishes governments was to punish evildoers and that the death penalty is one of the ways God metes this punishment out.

[Nifster]

Yeah, clearly I misunderstood you. Sorry my brain went in an entirely different direction than you intended. You and I agree