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1 Peter 2:17 (WEB)
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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“Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 13:1-2; cf. 1 Pet 2:13-17.

Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 10
“For think not that stones, and stocks, and birds, and serpents are sacred things, and men are not; but, on the contrary, regard men as truly sacred, and take beasts and stones for what they are.” — editor's note: [1 Pet. ii. 17. This appeal in behalf of the sanctity of man as man, shows the workings of the apostolic precept.]
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 22
“The voice should be modulated; no one ought to answer another, or do anything, roughly or contemptuously, but in all things moderation and respect should be shewn to every one.” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 10 and 1 Pet. ii. 17.
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Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 6
“But their contention is that to use the phrase “with him” is altogether strange and unusual, while “through him” is at once most familiar in Holy Scripture, and very common in the language of the brotherhood.” — editor's note: The word ἀδελφότης is in the New Testament peculiar to S. Peter (1 Peter ii. 17, and v. 9); it occurs in the Epistle of St. Clement to the Corinthians, Chap.…
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 6
“And yet the apostle would have us obey kings, would have us honor kings, and said, “Honor the king.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 17.
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