'Respect' in the Bible
So finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
He had one more, a beloved son. Last [of all] he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people.
And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people,
So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
So Paul stood there in the middle of the Areopagus [and] said, "Men of Athens, I see you [are] very religious {in every respect}.
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
And [when] the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "[Because I] know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully [with respect to] the things concerning myself.
[because] you are especially acquainted with both all the customs and controversial questions with respect to the Jews. Therefore I beg [you] to listen to me with patience.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.
So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.
With respect to the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sake, but with respect to election, [they are] dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.
Pay to everyone [what is] owed: [pay] taxes to whom taxes [are due]; [pay] customs duties to whom customs duties [are due]; [pay] respect to whom respect [is due]; [pay] honor to whom honor [is due].
The faith that you have, have with respect to yourself before God. Blessed [is] the one who does not pass judgment on himself by what he approves.
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
{For in what respect are you made worse off} more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.
Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, [and] in endurance.
which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,
Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.
like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.
But [do so] with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in [the things] in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
with respect to which they are surprised [when] you do not run with [them] into the same flood of dissipation, [and so they] revile [you].
And the fourth angel blew the trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened, and the day did not shine [with respect to] a third of it, and the night likewise.