1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unscrupulous.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17Respect everyone; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Cross References
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey your masters (according to the flesh) in all things, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
Titus 2:9Exhort slaves to subordinate themselves to their own owners, to be well pleasing in all things, not talking back,
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 →