14Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:
14Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:
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.
2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
2:14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
2:14or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.
2:14or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.
2:14or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.
2:14Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
2:14or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
2:14whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;
2:14Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.