1 Peter 2:17
15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
18 Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
- KJV
- Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- WEB
- Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
- ASV
- Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
- DARBY
- Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
- BLB
- Honor everyone: love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
- ÅB
- Ær alle, elsk broderskapet, frykt Gud, ær kongen!
- OTB
- Ær alle mennesker, elsk brorskapet, frykt Gud, ær kongen.
- B1930
- Ær alle, elsk broderskapet, frykt Gud, ær kongen!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Read in contextRomans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Read in contextRomans 13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Read in context1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in contextHebrews 13:1
Continue in brotherly love.
Read in contextExodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
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