1 Peter 2:17

Translations

Modern

Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Traditional

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Literal

Honor everyone: love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Latin

Omnes honorate: fraternitatem diligite: Deum timete: regem honorificate.

Original

Greek

English

Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Notes

1 Peter 2:17

The brotherhood: See study note on 5:9.
fear God, honor the king: Peter might be thinking about the balanced statement that Jesus gave on a Christian’s duty to both God and the government (see Matthew 22:21).

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).
Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).
Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders The Household

Related verses

Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Romans 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.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
1 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.”
Hebrews 13:1
Continue in brotherly love.
1 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.
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Exodus 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.
Leviticus 19:32
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Matthew 22:21
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

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