1 Peter 2:18
Servants, submit to your masters with complete respect, not only to those who are good and gentle but also to those who are cruel.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
17Give honor to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, and 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 earthly masters in everything. Do not try to please them only when they are watching you, but obey with sincerity of heart, fearing God.
Titus 2:9Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters and well-pleasing in everything, 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 →