Who is the king in this scripture?
1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
The king is to be honored; but God alone, in the highest sense, feared.Who is the king in this scripture?
1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Thanks for the re. Who was this letter written to?The king is to be honored; but God alone, in the highest sense, feared.
Honor the king—Referring here primarily to the Roman sovereign, but implying that we are always to respect those who have the rule over us.
Thats interesting. I wonder if the word "king" is correct?Another translation says honor the Emperor, or in this day and age in the United States it would mean honor the president.
Thats interesting. I wonder if the word "king" is correct?
I believe politics are a more often than not a work of flesh. We as christians should be united not divided. The fact that politics divides us means we should not follow politicians. We were never commanded to run the world, but instead to be the change, or the light, in this world.Look up the Hebrew definition for whatever word was used. The scripture always comes to mind when I see people who call themselves Christians hating Donald Trump so much
I agree.Authority. That's the context of the passage.
Interestingly, what does honor mean?
Why is command not to love parents but to honor them?
An explanation that stuck with me about honor as a verb is that it esentially means not to harm. We could say both physically and emotionally.
When you honor someone, when you show respect to someone, what does that actually mean? It's not to love them. It's not to worship them. It's not to follow them. It's to accept their esteemed position by not degrading it in some way or manner, by not harming it.
Various churches in Asia Minor, all of whom were suffering religious persecution.Thanks for the re. Who was this letter written to?
In the Greek, the word is βασιλεύς (basileus) meaning a king, monarch, one possessing regal authority.Thats interesting. I wonder if the word "king" is correct?
Thank you.In the Greek, the word is βασιλεύς (basileus) meaning a king, monarch, one possessing regal authority.
Look up the Hebrew definition for whatever word was used.
If Peter is talking about a person with 'supreme authority' that could not include Prime Ministers and Presidents, they are not the 'supreme authority' over their countries.Since Peter explains that the king is a man in "supreme authority," he clearly meant the Roman emperor. By extension, today it applies to kings, Prime Ministers, and Presidents.
The natural assumption is secular leaders, but the context is the brotherhood, God and the king, who in our lives is Jesus.Who is the king in this scripture?
1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Jesus is the only King that I know.The natural assumption is secular leaders, but the context is the brotherhood, God and the king, who in our lives is Jesus.
If Peter is talking about a person with 'supreme authority' that could not include Prime Ministers and Presidents, they are not the 'supreme authority' over their countries.
The natural assumption is secular leaders, but the context is the brotherhood, God and the king, who in our lives is Jesus.
So you are saying the king is The King of Kings?The natural assumption is secular leaders, but the context is the brotherhood, God and the king, who in our lives is Jesus.
G935In verses 13 and 14, Peter is in fact talking about submitting to all human authorities from the top down.
And POTUS is certainly analogous to the emperor in 1 Peter 2:17. Both are the man at the top. Neither had total authority. Both can be described by the Greek word ὑπερέχοντι which Peter uses.