1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:
Genesis 42:18And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.
Leviticus 19:32Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
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 →