WLC Q.127: What is the honour that inferiors owe to their superiors?
The honour which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart, (Mal. 1:6, Lev. 19:3) word, (Prov. 31:28, 1 Pet. 3:6) and behaviour; (Lev. 19:32, 1 Kings 2:19) prayer and thanksgiving for them; (1 Tim. 2:1–2) imitation of their virtues and graces; (Heb. 13:7, Phil. 3:17) willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels; (Eph. 6:1–2,6–7, 1 Pet. 2:13–14, Rom. 13:1–5, Heb. 13:17, Prov. 4:3–4, Prov. 23:22, Exod. 18:19,24) due submission to their corrections; (Heb. 12:9, 1 Pet. 2:18–20) fidelity to, (Tit. 2:9–10) defence, (1 Sam. 26:15–16, 2 Sam. 18:3, Esther 6:2) and maintenance of their persons and authority, according to their several ranks, and the nature of their places; (Matt. 22:21, Rom. 13:6–7, 1 Tim. 5:17–18, Gal. 6:6, Gen. 45:11, Gen. 47:12) bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love, (1 Pet. 2:18, Prov. 23:22, Gen. 9:23) that so they may be an honour to them and to their government. (Ps. 127:3–5, Prov. 31:23)