14or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.


In Context

11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

1 Peter 2:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.