1 Peter 2:17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Honor all men - That is, show them the respect which is due to them according to their personal worth, and to the rank and office which they sust...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(20) (d) Honour all [men]. Love the (e) brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. (20) He divides the civil life of man, by occasion of those things o...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 2:13-17 . As Jesus had given them an example so were they to live in all dutiful obedience to human authority from the emperor to his repres...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Love . App-135. brotherhood . Greek. adelphotes. Only here and 1 Peter 5:9 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This is a summary of what is gone before; for he intimates that God is not feared, nor their just right rendered to men, except civil order pre...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2396 SUBJECTION TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT 1 Peter 2:13-17 . Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Honour all men . Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Honour all men - That is, Give honor to whom honor is due, Romans 13:7 . Respect...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Fear God— See Proverbs 24:21 . Perhaps no finer or stronger instances of the laconic stile are to be found, than in this place. It is remarkable,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Honour all men - according to the honour due in each case. Equals have a res...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Honour all men. — “These words have very briefly, and yet not obscured by briefness, but withal very plainly, the sum of our duty towards God and m...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22-25 ; 1 Peter 2:1-3 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none w...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 CHRISTIANS AS PILGRIMS IN THE WORLD 1 Peter 2:11-17 THE Apostle opens his exhortations with a word eminently Christian: "Beloved." I...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The Christian Pilgrim's Walk 1 Peter 2:11-17 Strong desires must be kept under the stronger hand of the Christian soul-not extirpated but turne...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In order to obey the injunctions, those to whom Peter writes are urged to put away all such things as are contrary to the spirit of love. In order to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (12) Having your conversation honest...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE AMBITION OF LIFE ‘Servants of God.’ 1 Peter 2:16 I wish to set before you service as the great object and ambition of life. There can be...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A RULE OF LIFE ‘Honour all men.’ 1 Peter 2:17 What is the true motive for the honour claimed from us for all men? I. It is the revelation...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BROTHERHOOD ‘Love the brotherhood’ 1 Peter 2:17 This is an instruction which commends itself to our conscience, but which we find difficult...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Honour all men ,.... To whom honour is due, according to the place, station, and circumstances in which they are, the gifts of providence and grace...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Honour all men . Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Ver. 17. Honour all men ] As made in the image of God, as capable of heaven, a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As free In the noblest sense, in consequence of your relation to Christ, and your interest in the merit of his death; (see on John 8:32 ; 1 Corin...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ch.2: 1 Timothy 6 Since the Word of God is the solid foundation of all, eternal blessing for us, it surely follows that we should gladly lay aside...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. A. D....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Honour all men; viz. according as honour is due to them, according to their dignity, power, gifts, &c.: see Romans 12:10 Romans 13:7 Phil...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Are To Be Obedient To The Authorities ( 1 Peter 2:13-17 ). He emphasises here that being sojourners does not mean that Christians are rebels...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.' Thus the Christian's freedom should mean that he shows due respect and considerat...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 2:13 . Submit yourselves .—This belongs to the care Christians should take not to be in any sense an occas...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Peter 2:16-17 Christian Freedom. I. We are here warned against two great enemies of our souls, which are ever seeking to bring us into bondage,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Peter 2:17 The Obligation of Christians to the World and the Church. I. "Honour all men." Christians in deed and truth, called by the grace of...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Putting these evil things r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,- This is what we are to lay...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-2 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 2:4 . To whom coming as to a living stone. The jews boasted of their temple, an undisputed blessing. But when the christians fled from Jer...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Expositions 1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Obedience to the constituted authorities:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Here the apostle mentions some specific instances in which his instructions concern...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Honour all men — As being made in the image of God, bought by his Son, and designed for his kingdom. Honour the king — Pay him all that regard both...

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

Related Commentaries of 1 Peter 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Peter 2:17