# 1 Peter 2.17

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**Book:** [1 Peter](/codex/1-peter/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 15. For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16. as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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> **17. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.**
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> 18. Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19. For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. (1 Peter 2:15-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 15. For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16. as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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> **17. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.**
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> 18. Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 19. For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. (1 Peter 2:15-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 15. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16. As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. <sup>using: Gr. having</sup>
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> **17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. <sup>Honour all: or, Esteem all</sup>**
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> 18. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. <sup>thankworthy: or, thank</sup> (1 Peter 2:15-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 15. because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men; 16. as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
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> **17. to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.**
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> 18. The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross; 19. for this [is] gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously; (1 Peter 2:15-19, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G0025 - agapao](/codex/g0025-agapao/), *agapao*, Strong's G0025
- [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), *pas*, Strong's G3956
- [G2316 - theos](/codex/g2316-theos/), *theos*, Strong's G2316

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Theocracy](/codex/theocracy/), via [1 Peter 2.13-17](/codex/1-peter-2-13-17/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.