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1 Peter 2:12-14
Legacy Standard Bible
1 Peter 2:12-14
Legacy Standard Bible
12 (A)by keeping your conduct excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing which they (B)slander you as evildoers, they may [a]because of your good works, as they observe them, (C)glorify God (D)in the day of [b]visitation.
Be Subject to Authority
13 (E)Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent [c]by him (F)for the punishment of evildoers and the (G)praise of those who do good.
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- 1 Peter 2:12 Or as a result of
- 1 Peter 2:12 Christ’s coming again in judgment
- 1 Peter 2:14 Lit through
1 Peter 2:12-14
New International Version
1 Peter 2:12-14
New International Version
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(C) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong(D) and to commend those who do right.(E)
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