The Bible tells believers to “show proper respect to everyone”. The command is 1 Peter 2:17, and other passages name who is owed it: the elderly (Leviticus 19:32), parents (Exodus 20:12), husband and wife (Ephesians 5:33; 1 Peter 3:7), church leaders (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13) and rulers (Romans 13:7). In 1 Peter 2:17 the same Greek verb, timao, to honor or value, stands behind “show proper respect to everyone” and “honor the emperor”, and Ephesians 6:2 uses it for honoring father…
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