1 Peter 2:11-13
Jubilee Bible 2000
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul
12 and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 ¶ Therefore, be subject to every human ordinance that is of the Lord, whether it be to a king or to a superior,
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1 Peter 2:11-13
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D) 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(E) and glorify God(F) on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(G) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
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