1 Peter 2:13

1 Peter 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
• New International Version (NIV)Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

Context of 1 Peter 2:13

11My friends, remember that you are really strangers in this world. You do not belong here. So I am telling you not to do the bad things that your bodies may want to do. Those bad things fight against what is good for your soul. 12You are living among people who do not know God. So be very careful that you always live in a good way. Sometimes these people may wrongly say that you do bad things. But if you continue to live in a good way, they will see that you really do good things. As a result, on the day when God comes as judge, they will give honour to him. Obey all people who have authority in this world. Obey them, because you are servants of the Lord Jesus. First of all, obey the king, who rules everyone. 14Also obey the officers that serve the king. He has sent them to punish people who do bad things. And they praise people who do good things. 15God wants you to do only what is good. Then silly people will not be able to say bad things against you. Those people do not really know what is true.

1 Peter 2:13 word by word

Ὑποτάγητε πάσῃ ἀνθρωπίνῃ κτίσει διὰ τὸν κύριον· εἴτε βασιλεῖ ὡς ὑπερέχοντι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·οὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Submit yourselvesὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• to everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• ordinanceκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937
• of manἀνθρώπινοςanthrōpinos · humanG442
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the Lord’s sakeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lord’s sakeκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• whether it beεἴτεeite · whetherG1535
• to the kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• supremeὑπερέχωhuperechō · be higherG5242

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:13

• Proverbs 17:11An evil person never obeys authority, so a cruel messenger will come to punish him.
• Proverbs 24:2130. My child, respect and obey the Lord, and the king too. Do not be friends with people who turn against them.
• Jeremiah 29:7Work well to help the foreign place where I have sent you to live. Try to make it a successful place. Pray to the Lord that it will do well. If it does well, you will also do well.’
• Matthew 22:21They replied, ‘It is Caesar's picture and Caesar's name.’ Jesus said to them, ‘So you should give to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar. And give to God the things that belong to God.’
• Mark 12:17Jesus then said to them, ‘So you should give to Caesar the things that belong to him. And give to God the things that belong to God.’ They were very surprised at his answer.
• Luke 20:25The men replied, ‘It is Caesar's picture and Caesar's name.’ Jesus then said to them, ‘So you should give to Caesar the things that belong to him. And give to God the things that belong to God.’
• Romans 13:1Everyone must obey the government officers. It is God who gives the authority to rule. The people who rule have received their authority from God.
• Ephesians 5:21Serve one another to show that you respect Christ as your master.
• 1 Timothy 2:1So then, this is what I want to ask you first. Please pray for all people. Ask God to supply what they need. Ask God to help them. Thank God for what he does for everyone.
• 2 Peter 2:10God will certainly punish those people who want bad things for themselves. They do the wrong things that their bodies want to do. They do not want to obey anyone's authority. These false teachers are not afraid of what other people think about them. They think that they themselves are very important. They are not afraid to say many bad things against the great angels in heaven.
• Jude 1:8These false teachers who have come among you do the same kind of bad things. Their dreams deceive them so that they use their bodies to do disgusting things. They refuse to obey God's authority. They insult God's powerful angels.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man - In every settled state, and under every form of political government, where the laws are not in opposition to the laws of God, it may be very soundly and rationally said: "Genuine Christians have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them." Society and civil security are in a most dangerous state when the people take it into their heads that they have a right to remodel and change the laws. See the whole of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man - Greek, “to every creation of man,” ( ̓́ͅ ́ anthrōpinē ktiseiThe meaning is, to every institution or appointment of man; to wit, of those who are in authority, or who are appointed to administer government. The laws, institutes, and appointments of such a government may be spoken of as the creation of man; that is, as what man makes. Of course, what is here said must be understood with the limitation…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 A Christian conversation must be honest; which it cannot be, if there is not a just and careful discharge of all relative duties: the apostle here treats of these distinctly. Regard to those duties is the will of God, consequently, the Christian's duty, and the way to silence the base slanders of ignorant and foolish men. Christians must endeavour, in all relations, to behave aright, that they do not make their liberty a cloak or covering for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13During Peter's time, the Roman emperor was the king. Christians were suffering under the government and would soon face harsher persecution under Emperor Nero.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. every ordinance of man--"every human institution" [Alford], literally, "every human creation." For though of divine appointment, yet in the mode of nomination and in the exercise of their authority, earthly governors are but human institutions, being of men, and in relation to men. The apostle speaks as one raised above all human things. But lest they should think themselves so ennobled by faith as to be raised above subordination to human…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:13

• Citizens
• Commandments
• Example
• Government
• Ordinance
• Rulers
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

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• Chosen
• Cloke
• Disallow
• Fleshly
• King
• Offer
• Sincere
• Spiritual
• Submit

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings