Oecumenius, on 1Pet 2:17

“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”

“"Fear God." Consider carefully how the fear of God is said to be distributed, and honor to the king, so that if fear is to be given to God, who can destroy both soul and body (Matt. 10:28), we should by no means obey kings when they urge us to do something absurd. For fear knows how to conquer even the honor that is given to kings; moreover, it will deprive of honor those who are compelled by them to do evil, according to the holy one who said: "The wicked are brought low before him." (Ps. 14:4)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.