^{13 Ref} Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

^{14 Ref} whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

^{15 Ref} because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;