1 Peter 2:17
Give honor to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor the king.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants 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 →