13 Submit(A) to every human authority(a) because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor(b) as the supreme authority(B) 14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Peter 2:13: Or creature
b. 1 Peter 2:13: Lit king

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