1 Peter 2:13-17

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Submission to Authority

¹³^(A)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,^[a] whether it be to the emperor^[b] as supreme, ¹⁴or to governors as sent by him ^(B)to punish those who do evil and ^(C)to praise those who do good. ¹⁵For this is the will of God, ^(D)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. ¹⁶^(E)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but ^(F)living as servants^[c] of God. ¹⁷^(G)Honor everyone. ^(H)Love the brotherhood. ^(I)Fear God. Honor the emperor.

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Footnotes

1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17
1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Hebrews 12:3-9

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Do Not Grow Weary

³^(A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(B)fainthearted. ⁴In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

^(C)“My son, ^(D)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
⁶For ^(E)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

⁷It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(F)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸If you are left without discipline, ^(G)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to ^(H)the Father of spirits ^(I)and live?