1 Peter 2:13
“Submit your selues to euery ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be to the King, as supreme,”
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1 Peter 2:13 Context
11Dearely beloued, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which warre against the soule, 12Hauing your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speake against you as euill doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorifie God in the day of visitation. 13Submit your selues to euery ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be to the King, as supreme, 14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of euil doers, and for the praise of them that doe well. 15For so is the will of God, that with well doing yee may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
- King James Version
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,
- Basic English Bible
Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
- Darby Bible
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- Webster's Bible
Submit, for the Lord's sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,
- Weymouth Bible
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- World English Bible
Be ye suget to ech creature, for God; ethir to the kyng, as to hym that is hiyer in state,
- Wycliffe Bible
Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 2:13
2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man - To every secular power. Instrumentally these are ordained by men; but originally all their power is from God.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 2:13
1Pe 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. Obey human laws. For the Lord's sake. Because it is the Lord's will. Whether it be to the king. The Roman emperor whom the Greeks styled king.