1 Peter 2:17

Respect everyone. Show your love to the community of believers. Have reverence for God. Respect the king.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Yes, you are free people! So don't use your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but live as God's servants.

18If you are a servant then submit to your master—not just those who are good and kind, but those who are harsh masters as well.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:11“Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.

Genesis 42:18On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.

Leviticus 19:32Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to everyone there, “Praise the Lord your God!” So everyone praised the Lord, the God of their fathers. They bowed down in reverence to the Lord and to the king.

Proverbs 1:7Honoring the Lord is where true knowledge begins, but fools treat wisdom and good advice with contempt.

Proverbs 24:21My son, honor the Lord and the king, and don't join those who are rebellious,

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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