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1 Peter 2:13

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Submission to Authorities

2:13Be subject to every human institution34 for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme

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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. 34 Or “every human being”; Grk “every human creation,” denoting either everything created for mankind ( mg: “every institution ordained for human beings”) or every creature who is human. The meaning of the verb “be subject” and the following context supports the rendering adopted in the text.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

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;