1 Peter 2:18

And those among you who are servants, be subject to your masters, with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh and morose.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

17Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings.

19For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:22But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord.

Titus 2:9Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer;

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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