1 Remind them to be subject to the rulers and to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,
2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.
3 For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.
4 But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Savior appeared,