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15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
16 aas free, yet not busing liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.  
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear aGod. Honor the king.  

Submission to Masters

18 aServants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.  
19 For this is acommendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.  
20 For awhat credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.  
21 For ato this you were called, because Christ also suffered for1 us, bleaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 
22 “Who acommitted no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Peter 2:17

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 is in the present tense, implying, Habitually and continually honor the king. Thus the first is the general precept; the three following are its three great divisions.

Love—present: Habitually love with the special and congenial affection that you ought to feel to brethren, besides the general love to all men.

Fear God . . . the king—The king is to be honored; but God alone, in the highest sense, feared.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Peter 2:17:

Proverbs 24:21-22
Daniel 6:22
1 Corinthians 7:21
1 Peter 3:7
2 Peter 2:22

 

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