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1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:13 · Berean Standard Bible
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1 Peter 2:13 in other translations
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,
Subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
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In context
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
14 or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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