It is lawful for a Christian to be a magistrate or civil officer; and also it is lawful to take an oath, so it be in truth, and in judgment, and in righteousness, for confirmation of truth, and ending of all strife; and that by wrath and vain oaths the Lord is provoked and this land mourns.¹¹

1. Deuteronomy 6:13 It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. Jeremiah 4:2 and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.” Acts 8:38And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. Acts 10:1–3 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” Acts 5:44 [sic]. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you Romans 16:23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present. Hebrews 6:16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.  ↩︎