1 Peter 2:11-17 - A Call To Good Works

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and sojourners, that you keep yourselves from fleshly desires, which war against the soul, ¹² maintaining an honorable mode of life am one the Gentiles, that, inasmuch as they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, on account of your good works which they witness, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹³ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme ruler, ¹⁴ or to governors, as those sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of those who do well. ¹⁵ For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; ¹⁶ as being free, and yet not using your freedom as a cloak for malice, but as servants of God. ¹⁷ Honor all men; love the brotherhood; reverence God; honor the king.