¹¹ Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul, ¹²maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation. ¹³ Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king as having supreme authority, ¹⁴or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good. ¹⁵For the will of God is as follows: by doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people. ¹⁶Live as free persons, and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God. ¹⁷Honor all people, love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king. ¹⁸ Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unjust. ¹⁹For this finds favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. ²⁰For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.