1 Peter 2:11-17 - A Call To Good Works
11 Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul; 12 having your conduct ornamental among the Gentiles: that, whereas they malign you as wicked doers, they may, being eye-witnesses of your good works, glorify God in the day when he visits them.
13 Be subject therefore to every human constitution for the Lord's sake; whether to a king as the supreme magistrate; 14 or to governors, as sent by him for the punishment of wicked doers, but the praise of those who do well. 15 For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men: 16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for wicked practices; but as being servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.