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11 (A)Beloved, (B)I urge you as (C)sojourners and exiles to abstain from (D)fleshly lusts which wage (E)war against the soul, 12 (F)by keeping your conduct excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing which they (G)slander you as evildoers, they may [a]because of your good works, as they observe them, (H)glorify God (I)in the day of [b]visitation.

Be Subject to Authority

13 (J)Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:12 Or as a result of
  2. 1 Peter 2:12 Christ’s coming again in judgment