13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;


In Context

10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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

13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

14 Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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

1 Peter 2:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,