Verse Lens · Context pointer
1 Peter 2:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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Role in This Section
This verse extends civic submission to governors and states their intended function: punishing wrongdoing and praising good.
Read It With
- 1 Peter 2:11–17
Read 1 Peter 2:14 with 2:11–17. This verse extends civic submission to governors and states their intended function: punishing wrongdoing and praising good. The complete unit establishes this movement: Beloved sojourners should resist desires that wage war within, live visibly honorable lives, and submit for the Lord's sake to human civic institutions where they punish evil and praise good, while using freedom as God's servants and distinguishing universal honor, communal love, fear of God, and honor to the emperor.
Why It Needs Context
This verse extends civic submission to governors and states their intended function: punishing wrongdoing and praising good. That contribution depends on 1 Peter 2:11–17; isolated teaching would detach the line from the letter's complete movement.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Peter 2:11–17 — Honorable Freedom Serves God Without Absolutizing the StateSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Peter 2:11–17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 1Pet.txt, 2:11–17
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