1 Peter 2:11-17 - A Call To Good Works
11 Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves therefore to every human institution for the Lords sake; whether to the king, as supreme; 14 or to governors, as being sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and the praise of those who do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; 16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as servants of God. 17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.