13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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:
2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
2:13Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;
2:13Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
2:13Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme,
2:13Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
2:13Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
2:13Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,