1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
17Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king.
19For this is grace, if, through the conscience of God, one bears sorrows and suffering unjustly.
Cross References
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Colossians 3:22Ye servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, pleasing men, but of purity of heart, fearing the Lord.
Titus 2:9That servants submit to their own masters, that they be obedient in all things; not speaking 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 →