Submission to Authorities (1 Peter 2:13–20)
1 CPDV Let every soul be subject to higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God and those who have been ordained by God. BSB BSB: Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
2 CPDV And so, whoever resists authority, resists what has been ordained by God. And those who resist are acquiring damnation for themselves. BSB BSB: Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
3 CPDV For leaders are not a source of fear to those who work good, but to those who work evil. And would you prefer not to be afraid of authority? Then do what is good, and you shall have praise from them. BSB BSB: For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
5 CPDV For this reason, it is necessary to be subject, not solely because of wrath, but also because of conscience. BSB BSB: Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 CPDV Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this. BSB BSB: This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
7 CPDV Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due. BSB BSB: Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Love Fulfills the Law (Leviticus 19:9–18)
8 CPDV You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. BSB BSB: Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 CPDV For example: You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not speak false testimony. You shall not covet. And if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. BSB BSB: The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 CPDV The love of neighbor does no harm. Therefore, love is the plenitude of the law. BSB BSB: Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
The Day Is Near 11 CPDV And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed. BSB BSB: And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
12 CPDV The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light. BSB BSB: The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 CPDV Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy. BSB BSB: Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
14 CPDV Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires. BSB BSB: Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
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