January 5, 2020

¹¹ Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. ¹² Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

¹³ Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,^[a] whether it be to the emperor^[b] as supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. ¹⁵ For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. ¹⁶ Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants^[c] of God. ¹⁷ Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

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Footnotes

1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Cross references

1 Peter 2:11 : See Lev. 25:23 1 Peter 2:11 : Rom. 13:14; Gal. 5:24 1 Peter 2:11 : James 4:1 1 Peter 2:12 : [ch. 3:16; 2 Cor. 8:21; Phil. 2:15; Titus 2:8] 1 Peter 2:12 : Matt. 5:16; 2 Cor. 9:13; Gal. 1:24 1 Peter 2:12 : Isa. 10:3; Luke 19:44 1 Peter 2:13 : Rom. 13:1; Titus 3:1 1 Peter 2:14 : Rom. 13:4 1 Peter 2:14 : Rom. 13:3 1 Peter 2:15 : ver. 12 1 Peter 2:16 : See James 1:25 1 Peter 2:16 : 1 Cor. 7:22; [Rom. 6:22] 1 Peter 2:17 : Rom. 12:10; 13:7 1 Peter 2:17 : See Heb. 13:1 1 Peter 2:17 : Prov. 24:21

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