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


In Context

10 who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

11 Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

12 having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

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

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

15 because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the 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 American 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;