Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Christ dignified our humanity by assuming it, so we must not dishonor even the humblest. The aorist 'honor all men' commands prompt payment of every man's due; the present tense for the king implies continuous honor. God alone deserves fear in the highest sense; the king receives honor as His appointee.
AI summary
Honor belongs to all because civil order depends on it; magistrates cannot rule if men are despised. Yet Peter singles out love of the brethren as a special bond, we owe them closer regard than strangers, though this must not stop our regard for the whole human race. Fear of God and love of man are the roots from which honor to the king must grow.
AI summary
Some Jews thought their seed of Abraham exempted them from service; believers especially thought themselves too good to serve unbelieving masters since all are brethren in Christ. But Peter, like Paul, presses the duty hard: serve with reverence and faithfulness, not only the kind master but also the froward one who withholds food and keeps back wages.
AI summary