1 Peter 2:17
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
In Context
16as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Abraham saith, '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 saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!
Leviticus 19:32'At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David saith to all the assembly, 'Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king.
Proverbs 1:7Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 24:21Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
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 →