13aBe subject for the sake of the Lord to everyhumaninstitution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14or to governors as sent1by him afor the punishment of evildoers and the bpraise of those who dogood.
1 Peter 2:16
16Act as afreepeople, and 1do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bslaves of God.