I Peter 2

12 *2 Cor. 8:21; Phil. 2:15; Titus 2:8; 1 Pet. 2:15; 3:16having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, *Matt. 5:16; 9:8; John 13:31; 1 Pet. 4:11, 16they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Submission to Government

13 *Matt. 22:21Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and forthe praise of those who do good.