1 Peter 2:11-17 - A Call To Good Works
11 I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls. 12 Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves, for the Lord's sake, to every human authority; whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler, 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers. 15 For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 16 Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.