You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”