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


In Context

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;

16 as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

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.