1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 20:11Abraham aunswered: For I thought [thus] surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.
Genesis 42:18And Ioseph said vnto them the thirde day: this do & liue, [for] I feare God.
Proverbs 1:7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Proverbs 24:21My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe [from his feare:]
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 →