1 Peter 2:11-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

¹² Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works, which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹³ Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;

¹⁴ Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹⁶ As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

¹⁷ Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

¹⁸ Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

¹⁹ For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.