1 Peter 2:17
Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 42:18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
Leviticus 19:32Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David said to all the congregation, Bless now Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did homage to Jehovah and the king.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
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 →