I presume you meant "we are not to deter justice."
No I meant "defer justice to". Sorry. It is not for us to kill the murderer of our family. We defer that to a legitimate government, who promises us justice in exchange for our deference to governments right to decide what justice means.
But where do you get that "legitimate government" part? I don't see that qualification given in scripture, and "justice" is a highly relative concept.
The Bible is in no way an anarchic book. It recognizes the necessity and legitimacy of government virtually from the first page.
Here is but one specific verse:
1 Peter 2:13-17 said:
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Justice is not relative. Our understanding of it however is limited, as with all things. Be that as it may, attempting to create a just world is our mandate.
I don't see any authority in scripture for the Church ever to take secular justice in her own hands, rather--especially in 1 Corinthians 5--particularly the opposite.
It was my mistake. I meant to say "defer to" and typed "deter". That was confusing.
I may have also misunderstood you in regards to the king. I thought you were referring to Christ the king, and not legitimate government.
As far as my reference to what is legitimate government or not, for me, the overriding value is one of freedom. A government that oppresses, like Pharaoh, is a legitimate target for increasing degrees of opposition.
The children of Israel had not right to rise up against Pharaoh, except that freedom is our legacy.