1 Peter 2

12 Conduct  * 2:12 2Pt 3:11 yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,  * 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.  * 2:12 Is 10:3; Jr 6:15; 8:12; 10:15; Lk 1:68; 7:16; 19:44

13 Submit  * 2:13–14 Rm 13:1–7; Ti 3:1 to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor  * 2:13 Or king as the supreme authority  * 2:13 Rm 13:114 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.