1 Peter 2:17
Respect everyone; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16as free (not using the freedom as a cover for evil), yet as slaves of God.
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 →