Reading what Peter has to say about how the church (believers) should respond to the government in First Peter chapter 2. What struck me was how similar he sounded to Paul in Romans 13. Sure enough, it was like an echo. Here were two of the biggest men in early Christiandom, and they were echoing one another.
Remember, Peter was the guy who thought Paul should not be trusted. And Paul was the guy who, early on, wanted to eliminate those pesky followers of Jesus, like Peter. Yet, here they are sounding like twin brothers – each with the same vision for how the believers were to treat government officials.
I found though that they are both consistent – "live your life so that they may see your goodness (the way you live) and by doing that silence the ignorance of foolish men."
It's how you live that speaks, not your words! It's "doing right" that says it all!