11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12. Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
14. Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16. As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19. For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.