1 Peter 2:11-16

11Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.

12Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

13Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority

14or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.

15For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

16Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.