1 Peter 2:12-15

English Standard Version

^12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(C)the day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

^13 (D)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 ^(E)to punish those who do evil and ^(F)to praise those who do good. ¹⁵ For this is the will of God, ^(G)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.