1 Peter 2:12-20

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.

17Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

18Household slaves, submit to your masters with all reverence not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel.

19For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

20For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.