1 Peter 2:17 · KJV
“Honour all {men}. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. {Honour all: or, Esteem all}”
— 1 Peter 2:17
As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
Servants, {be} subject to {your} masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1 Peter 2 — Context
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16As free, and not using {your} liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {using: Gr. having}
17Honour all {men}. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. {Honour all: or, Esteem all}
18Servants, {be} subject to {your} masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19For this {is} thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. {thankworthy: or, thank}
Cross References
Romans 12:10
{Be} kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; {with...: or, in the love of the brethren}
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: {and} meddle not with them that are given to change: {them...: Heb. changers}
Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute {is due}; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Philippians 2:3
{Let} nothing {be done} through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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