23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:23 Amplified Bible (AMP). See especially v 29. resists [governmental] authority resists the ordinance of God.

For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God. For not all who are descended from Israel (Jacob) are [the true] Israel; 7 and they are not all the children of Abraham because they are his descendants [by blood], but [the promise was]: “Y our descendants will be named through I saac ” [though Abraham had other sons]. 3 What if some were unfaithful? All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all. 20 For no # Lit flesh. 6 However, it is not as though God’s word has failed [coming to nothing]. First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. Romans 3 New International Version (NIV) God’s Faithfulness.

2 Much in every way! Romans 3:25 By laying his hands on the head of the sacrifice the person offering the sacrifice identified himself with it and through its death it became an atonement or covering for his sin. The God-setting-things-right that we …

4 Not at all!
But in our time something new has been added.

20 For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. 3 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

Because the unblemished sacrifice “covered” his sin it placed the person offering the sacrifice in a …

2 Therefore whoever # An exception to this is recorded in Acts 5:27-29. 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character]. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened.
19 Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. Let God be true, and every human being a liar. Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law.