Text -- 1 Peter 2:17 (NET)

2:17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Pe 2:17

¹ tn Grk “love the brotherhood.” The Greek term “brotherhood” is used in a broad sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God. BDAG 19 s.v. ἀδελφότης 1 suggests “a fellowship,” but in the present context “love the fellowship of believers” could be taken to mean “love to participate in fellowship with believers,” whereas the present verse suggests the Christian community as a whole, in familial terms, is in view. This same word occurs in 5:9; there it has been translated “brothers and sisters.”