Q.127. What kind of honor is owed to those over us?

A. Those over us deserve respect in our hearts,[1] our words,[2] and our actions.[3] We must pray and give thanks for them,[4] emulate their virtues and gifts,[5] willingly heed and obey their lawful commands and advice,[6] submit to their correction,[7] be faithful to them,[8] and defend[9] and support their persons and authority, as is appropriate to their rank and position.[10] We must also tolerate their imperfections and infirmities and cover them with our love,[11] so that we will be an honor to them and to their authority.[12]

1	Malachi 1:6	dummy text
	Leviticus 19:3	dummy text
2	Proverbs 31:28	dummy text
	1 Peter 3:6	dummy text
3	Leviticus 19:32	dummy text
	1 Kings 2:19	dummy text
4	1 Timothy 2:1-2	dummy text
5	Hebrews 13:7	dummy text
	Philippians 3:17	dummy text
6	Ephesians 6:1-2	dummy text
	Ephesians 6:5-7	dummy text
	1 Peter 2:13-14	dummy text
	Romans 13:1-6	dummy text
	Hebrews 13:17	dummy text
	Proverbs 4:3-4	dummy text
	Proverbs 23:22	dummy text
	Exodus 18:19	dummy text
	Exodus 18:24	dummy text
7	Hebrews 12:9	dummy text
	1 Peter 2:18-20	dummy text
8	Titus 2:9-10	dummy text
9	1 Samuel 26:15-16	dummy text
	2 Samuel 18:3	dummy text
	Esther 6:2	dummy text
10	Matthew 22:21	dummy text
	Romans 13:6-7	dummy text
	1 Timothy 5:17-18	dummy text
	Galatians 6:6	dummy text
	Genesis 45:11	dummy text
	Genesis 47:12	dummy text
11	1 Peter 2:18	dummy text
	Proverbs 23:22	dummy text
	Genesis 9:23	dummy text
12	Psalms 127:3-5	dummy text
	Proverbs 31:23	dummy text