12 Conduct(A) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[a] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.(B)

13 Submit(C) to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor[b] as the supreme authority(D) 14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
  2. 2:13 Or king

12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(C) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong(D) and to commend those who do right.(E)

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