King James Version
1 Peter 2:13 in the King James Version says “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;” — study this verse from 1 Peter chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;”
1 Peter 2:13 · KJV
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. whereas: or, wherein
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ordinance”
G2937original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
“the Lord's sake”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“supreme”
G5242to hold oneself above, i.e., (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority
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