1 Peter 2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Both creation and redemption teem with evidences that God sets a high value on His creature man. All the relations and uses of minerals, plants, and animals have been arranged for man's benefit; for no other creature is capable of observing or turning them to account. But the grandest evidence of the value which God sets on man appears in the mission, ministry, and sacrifice of Christ. So high in heaven was the estimate of even ruined man, that when no other price could buy the captive back the Son of God gave Himself, the just for the unjust. Value highly immortal beings made in their Creator's likeness, and capable yet of living to His praise. We act according to our estimates. Estimate humanity aright in the habit of your hearts, and your conduct will fashion itself naturally accordant, as a river finds its way to the sea. Value the whole man, and not merely a part. In particular, and for obvious practical purposes, value his soul as well as his body, and his body as well as his soul. So did Christ; and therefore so should we. The body's sufferings did not occupy His attention to the neglect of the soul's sins; the soul's sins did not occupy His attention to the neglect of the body's sufferings. (W. Arnot.) Parallel Verses KJV: Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.WEB: Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. |
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