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title: "Question 129: What is required of superiors towards their inferiors? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
description: "Westminster Larger Catechism, question 129: What is required of superiors towards their inferiors? It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pr"
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# Question 129: What is required of superiors towards their inferiors? | Westminster Larger Catechism

It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pray for, and bless their inferiors; to instruct, counsel and admonish them; countenancing, commending, and rewarding such as do well; and discountenancing, reproving, and chastising such as do ill; protecting, and providing for them all things necessary for soul and body: and, by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God, honor to themselves, and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.

Scripture proofs: Col. 3:19; Titus 2:4; 1 Sam. 12:23; Job 1:5; 1 Kings 8:55-56; Heb. 7:7; Gen. 49:28; Deut. 6:6-7; Eph. 6:4; 1 Pet. 3:7; 1 Pet. 2:14; Rom. 13:3; Esther 6:3; Rom. 13:3-4; Prov. 29:15; 1 Pet. 2:14; Job 29:12-17; Isa. 1:10, 17; Eph. 6:4; 1 Tim. 5: 8; 1 Tim. 4:12; Titus 2:3-5; 1 Kings 3:28; Titus 2:15.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=140)

## Related reading

- [Question 128](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-128-what-are-the-sins-of-inferiors-against-their-superiors/)
- [Question 130](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-130-what-are-the-sins-of-superiors/)

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