1 Peter 2:18
If you are a servant then submit to your master—not just those who are good and kind, but those who are harsh masters as well.
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19For this is what grace is: to endure life's pain and unfair suffering, keeping your focus on God.
Cross References
Psalms 101:4I won't think bad thoughts—I won't even consider anything evil.
Proverbs 8:13Honoring the Lord means hating evil. So I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behavior and telling lies.
Proverbs 11:20The Lord hates perverted minds, but is happy with those who live moral lives.
Galatians 5:22But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
Colossians 3:22Those of you who are servants, do everything your human masters tell you, not with just an eye to please them, but honestly and sincerely, respecting the Lord.
Titus 2:9Tell servants to always obey their masters. They should try to please them and not talk back to them.
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 →