1 Peter 2:14 Cross References - Common

¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will have praise from him. ⁴ For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is God's servant, an avenger to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.