1Pe 2:12-15, 19 | ESV | STEP | Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable , so that when they speak against you as evildoers , they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation .

1 Peter 2:12-15

12 ^aKeep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^bthey may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^cthe day of visitation.

Submission to Authority

13 ^dBe subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, ^{▼▼Or every institution ordained for people} whether it be to the emperor ^{▼▼Or king; also verse 17} as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him ^gto punish those who do evil and ^hto praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, ⁱthat by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

1 Peter 2:19

19 For this is a gracious thing, when, ^jmindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.