What are honor and respect?<\/p>\n\t
Honor is used in two different senses. We can speak of a person’s honor and we can talk about giving honor to another person. A person’s honor is his integrity. It is the idea of doing what is right in all situations. “Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men<\/em>” (Romans 12:17). The writer of Proverbs said, “Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich<\/em>” (Proverbs 28:6). See the lesson “Men of Honor<\/a>” for more details.<\/p>\n Giving honor, such as to a parent (Ephesians 6:2), means to prize your relationship with them or to value your relationship with them. It can be shown in a variety of ways, such as being obedient to them when you are young, being respectful, and when you are old seeing to their care. See the lesson “Honor Your Mother and Father<\/a>” for more details.<\/p>\n Respect also has two definitions, but they seem almost contradictory. Giving someone respect means being polite. For example, standing up when an older person enters a room is a sign of respect (Leviticus 19:32). We talk about equal rights, personal rights, and the equality of man, but the idea of respect is about a perceived inequality. Respect means some things and some people are more important. The other definition of “respect” is having a sense of shame. Young men are told to use “sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you<\/em>” (Titus 2:8). In other words, you can gain an enemy’s respect by being respectable in your behavior. Again, it is the idea of seeing an inequality in the world; in this case, being embarrassed that your own behavior doesn’t measure up to the behavior of another. We show respect when we treat other people better than ourselves (Philippians 2:3-4). See the lesson “Giving Respect<\/a>” for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: What are honor and respect? Answer: Honor is used in two different senses. We can speak of a person’s honor and we can talk about giving honor to another person. A person’s honor is his integrity. It is the idea of doing what is right in all situations. “Repay no one evil for evil.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[198,197],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-honor","tag-respect"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42859,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/love-and-respect\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":0},"title":"Love and Respect","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ephesians 5:25-33 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are some topics that are joined such that you cannot have one without the other. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Faith and obedience are two sides the same subject. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You can\u2019t really have faith without obedience - James 2:14-18 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And you can\u2019t really have obedience without\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43092,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/honor-your-father-and-mother-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":1},"title":"Honor Your Father and Mother","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ephesians 6:1-3 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of the Ten Commandments of the Old Law is brought to the New Law intact. It is the commandment to honor our parents \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The word \u201chonor\u201d in this passage means to fix a value on something, to consider it a prized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1710,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/honor-your-father-and-mother\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":2},"title":"Honor Your Father and Mother (Hamilton)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 12, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton The command to honor your parents was carried over into the law of Christ intact. \"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. \"Honor your father and mother,\" which is the first commandment with promise: \"that it may be well with you and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7553,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-honor-mean-in-i-peter-217\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":3},"title":"What does “honor” mean in I Peter 2:17?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does the word honor (spelled \"honour\" in the King James Version) as used in I Peter 2:17 instruct followers of Christ Jesus to honor all men, implying that we are to separate the wrong that we maybe aware that a person does from the person and then honor the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95527,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/fear-your-mother\/","url_meta":{"origin":4389,"position":4},"title":"Fear Your Mother","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer What the world generally knows as Mother's Day is a tradition that has come down to us through many twists and turns through the centuries. 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