1 Peter 2:12-15 Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment. ¹³ Submit to all human authority, for the Master's sake; to the emperor, as supreme, ¹⁴ and to governors, as sent by him to punish evil-doers, and to encourage those who do right. ¹⁵ For it is the will of God that by doing right you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish people.