1 Peter 2:13-15 ▼

13 Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,

14 or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well.

15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;