1 Peter 2:13
“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;”
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Cross-References
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,”
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;”