1 Peter 2:13-15

Darby Translation

¹³ Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,

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

¹⁵ Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;