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1 Peter 2:13-14 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 2 · verses 13–14 · King James Version
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.1 Peter 2:13-14 · King James Version
1 Peter 2:13-14 in context
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- yourselveshypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- punishmentekdikēsisa revenging, vengeance, punishmentG1557 →
- ordinancektisisthe act of founding, establishing, building etc, the act of creating, creation, creationG2937 →
- governorshēgemōna leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander…G2232 →
- evildoerskakopoiosan evil doer, malefactorG2555 →
- supremehyperechōto have or hold over one, to stand out, rise above, overtop, to be above, be superior in…G5242 →
- praiseepainosapprobation, commendation, praiseG1868 →
- sakekyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-25