1 Peter 2:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 Peter 2:17 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-25)

The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects. Christians were not only reputed innovators in religion, but disturbers of the state; it was highly necessary, therefore, that the apostle should settle the ru…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. Honour all men--according to whatever honor is due in each case. Equals have a respect due to them. Christ has dignified our humanity by assuming it; therefore we should not dishonor, but be considerate to and honor our common humanity, even in the very humblest. The first “honor” is in the Greek aorist imperative, implying, “In every case render promptly every man’s due” [Alford]. The second…