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1 Peter 2:14

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Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:12

    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.

  2. 1 Peter 2:13

    Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

  3. 1 Peter 2:15

    For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  4. 1 Peter 2:16

    As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.