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1 Peter 2:13

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Submission to Authority

13nBe subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution,2 whether it be to the emperor3 as supreme,

Read in Logos
1 Peter 2:13–14: Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Footnotes

  1. 2Or every institution ordained for people
  2. 3Or king; also verse 17

Cross references

  1. nRom. 13:1; Titus 3:1

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king as having supreme authority,

KJV 1900King James Version

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;