1 Peter 2:11-14
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11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.