1 Peter 2:12-14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹² Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.^[a]

¹³ For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution,^[b] whether of the emperor as supreme, ¹⁴ or of governors, as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.