When showing respect

“Show proper respect to everyone.” (1 Peter 2:17 NIV)

Respect: esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability. 

Give respect to whom respect is owed 

“Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.” (Rom. 13:7 ESV)

Give respect to those who labor among you 

“We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.” (1 Thess. 5:12-13 ESV)

Let a wife respect her husband 

“However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Show respect while defending your faith

“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” (1 Peter 3:15 ESV) 

Therefore…

“Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?” (Heb. 12:9 ESV)

Quotes:

“Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.” - Anonymous

“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” Billy Graham