1 Peter 2:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

¹² Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works, which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹³ Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;