1 Peter 2:17
Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16As free people, do not use your freedom as a covering for wickedness, but be like servants of God.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11Abraham said, “Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 42:18Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God.
Leviticus 19:32You must rise before the gray-headed person and honor the presence of an old man. You must fear your God. I am Yahweh.
1 Chronicles 29:20David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh and prostrated themselves before the king.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge— 1 fools despise wisdom and instruction. 1
Proverbs 24:21Fear Yahweh, and fear the king, my son; 1 do not associate with those who rebel against them, 1
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 →