1 Remind your people to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey them, and to be ready to do good in every way.
2 Tell them not to speak evil of anyone, but to be peaceful and friendly, and always to show a gentle attitude towards everyone.
3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.
4 But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour was revealed,