Submission to Government
13 aTherefore submit yourselves to every1 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 for the praise of those who do good.
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
16 aas free, yet not busing liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear aGod. Honor the king.
Submission to Masters
18 aServants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
19 For this is acommendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For awhat credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.
21 For ato this you were called, because Christ also suffered for1 us, bleaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 “Who acommitted no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
23 awho, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but bcommitted Himself to Him who judges righteously;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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I Peter 2:13-23
There was His faith; God would vindicate Him. If we go back to verse 13, Peter says, "every ordinance." God does not give us the right to pick and choose which one we are going to submit to and which one we are not. "Oh, I like the traffic laws, but I don't like the IRS." Or "I like the laws regarding littering, but I don't like the laws regarding traffic." We are supposed to submit (hupotasso), make ourselves subject to, control ourselves, control that human nature, and govern ourselves so that it does not go beyond the parameters of what God has said in His Word.
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