17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,(A) fear God, honor the emperor.(B)

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

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10 Be devoted to one another in love.(A) Honor one another above yourselves.(B)

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10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king,(A) my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,

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21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

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.

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Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A)

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13 Let brotherly love continue.

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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart

22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(A) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(B)

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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Therefore, since we have these promises,(A) dear friends,(B) let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness(C) out of reverence for God.

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Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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Obey the King

Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

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12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(A) and to God what is God’s.”

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21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

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32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect(A) for the elderly(B) and revere your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)

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32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

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