Submission to the Authorities

13 Let every person (A)be subject to the governing authorities. For (B)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

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Be Ready for Every Good Work

Remind them (A)to be submissive to rulers and authorities, (B)to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

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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, 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, (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. 1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
  2. 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17
  3. 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

21 (A)He changes times and seasons;
    (B)he removes kings and sets up kings;
(C)he gives wisdom to the wise
    (D)and knowledge to those who have understanding;

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11 Jesus answered him, (A)“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (B)he who delivered me over to you (C)has the greater sin.”

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15 By me (A)kings reign,
    and rulers decree what is just;
16 by me princes rule,
    and nobles, all who govern justly.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth

“It is I who (A)by my great power and my outstretched arm (B)have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, (C)and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. (D)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, (E)my servant, (F)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. (G)All the nations shall serve him and (H)his son and (I)his grandson, (J)until the time of his own land comes. (K)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

“‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (L)and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation (M)with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.

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Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (A)blaspheme the glorious ones.

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18 O king, the (A)Most High God (B)gave (C)Nebuchadnezzar your father (D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, (E)all peoples, nations, and languages (F)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But (G)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, (H)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 (I)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (J)until he knew that the (K)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son,[a] (L)Belshazzar, (M)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against (N)the Lord of heaven. And (O)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (P)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (Q)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (R)whose are all your ways, (S)you have not honored.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:22 Or successor

11 (A)Once God has spoken;
    (B)twice have I heard this:
that (C)power belongs to God,

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21 (A)submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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Yet the Lord God of Israel (A)chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel (B)forever. (C)For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's (D)house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. And of (E)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (F)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

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(A)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(B)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(C)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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16 On his robe and on his thigh (A)he has a name written, (B)King of kings and Lord of lords.

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and from Jesus Christ (A)the faithful witness, (B)the firstborn of the dead, and (C)the ruler of kings on earth.

To (D)him who loves us and (E)has freed us from our sins by his blood

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32 (A)and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, (B)until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”

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10 and especially (A)those who indulge[a] in the lust of defiling passion and (B)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (C)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 (D)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh

13 And (A)lead us not into temptation,
    but (B)deliver us from (C)evil.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

12 The man who (A)acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest (B)who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So (C)you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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