"Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority?" (Read that again, Traitors. Wouldn't it be nice to be free of that fear that's been eating you alive?)
"Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer."
Read it and weep, Traitors.
Because SWORD in our context means the full force of the greatest military the world has ever seen.
2019 will not be a good year for you.