1 Peter 2:17

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

In Context

16As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

18Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

Genesis 42:18And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Leviticus 19:32Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:20And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.

Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Proverbs 24:21My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25

Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →

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