1 Peter 2:18

Avadim, be submitting in kol yir'ah (all fear) to your adonim (masters), not only to the good and eidele (gentle) adonim, but also to the hard sarei misim (task-masters). + 2:18 Ex 1:11

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

In Context

17Have kavod (respect, honor) toward kol Bnei Adam; have ahavah (agape) toward HaAchim (The Brotherhood of the Messianic Chavurah); have yirat Shomayim toward Hashem, + 2:17 1:17; 2:17; 3:2,6 ,14, 16 have kavod to HaMelech.

19For this is worthy of shevach (praise, commendation) if, because of a consciousness of Hashem, anyone bears up under tzoros (troubles) while suffering unjustly.

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Cross References

Psalms 101:4A lev ikkesh (perverse heart) shall be far from me; 1 I will not tolerate rah. 1

Proverbs 8:13The Yirat Hashem is to hate rah; 1 pride, and ga'on (arrogance), and the derech rah, 1 and the perverse peh (mouth), do I hate. 1

Proverbs 11:20They that are of a perverse lev are an abomination to Hashem, 1 but such as are upright in their derech are His delight. 1

Galatians 5:22But the p'ri of the Ruach HaKodesh is ahavah (agape), simcha (joy), shalom (peace), savlanut (patience), nedivut (generosity, kindness), chesed (loving-kindness), ne'emanut (faithfulness),

Colossians 3:22Avadim (servants), each of you obey in all things your adon according to the basar, not with eye service as pleasers of Bnei Adam, but with tom lev, with yirat Shomayim.

Titus 2:9Avadim (slaves) need to be submissive to their own adonim in everything, to be acceptable, 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 →

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