1 Peter 2:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹³ For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution,^[a] 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. ¹⁵ For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.