1Peter:2:13-25

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* Submit yourselves , for the Lords sake , to every human authority ; whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler , * or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers . * For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men . * Live like free men ; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct , but be the slaves of God . * Honor all men . Love the brotherhood . Reverence God . Honor the Emperor . * Household slaves , submit yourselves to your masters in all reverence ; not only to the kind and gentle , but also to the unreasonable . * For it is an acceptable thing to God , if from a sense of duty to him , a man endures a wrong , even suffering unjustly . * For what credit is it if , when you are struck for a fault , you take it patiently ? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it , you always take it patiently , this is acceptable with God . * For this is your calling ; because Christ also suffered for you , leaving you an example , so that you should follow in his footsteps ; * He committed no sin , Neither was guile found in his mouth . * He was reviled , and reviled not back . When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly . * He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree , in order that we might become dead to sins , and be alive unto righteousness . By his wounds you have been healed . * For you were straying like lost sheep , but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls .

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