1 Peter 2:11-13

Good News Translation

Slaves of God

¹¹ I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul. ¹² Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.

¹³ For the sake of the Lord submit yourselves to every human authority: to the Emperor, who is the supreme authority,