1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.
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In Context
17Honor everyone. Love brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
19For this is grace: when, because of God, a man willingly endures sorrows, suffering injustice.
Cross References
Psalms 101:4For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 11:20A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
Colossians 3:22Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →