KJVSubmit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,
Be in subjection [therefore] to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to [the] king as supreme,
1 Peter — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
5. Ye also, as lively or living stones, are built up The verb may be in the imperative as well as in the indicative mood, for the termination in Greek is ambiguous. But in whatever way it is taken, Peter no doubt meant to exhort the faithful to consecrate themselves…