1 Peter 2:17
give honor to all; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16as free, and not having freedom as the cloak of evil, but as servants of God;
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Abraham says, “Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
Genesis 42:18And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
Leviticus 19:32You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David says to all the assembly, “Now bless your God YHWH”; and all the assembly blesses YHWH, God of their fathers, and bows and pays respect to YHWH and to the king.
Proverbs 1:7Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, || Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
Proverbs 24:21Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, || Do not mix yourself up with changers,
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 →