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, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him ^(B)to punish those who do evil and ^(C)to praise those who do good.

¹⁵ For this is the will of God, ^(A)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered, ^(A)“We must obey God rather than men.