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1 Peter 2:14 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 14
Or 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 2:14 · King James Version
1 Peter 2:14 in context
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)
- punishmentekdikēsisa revenging, vengeance, punishmentG1557 →
- governorshēgemōna leader of any kind, a guide, ruler, prefect, president, chief, general, commander…G2232 →
- evildoerskakopoiosan evil doer, malefactorG2555 →
- praiseepainosapprobation, commendation, praiseG1868 →
- sentpempōto send, to bid a thing to be carried to one, to send a thing into anotherG3992 →
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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