1 Peter 2:18
Ye who are servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and mild, but also to the morose:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
17Give due honor to all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Cross References
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
Colossians 3:22Servants, be obedient in all things to your lawful masters, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in uprightness of heart, fearing God; and whatever service ye do,
Titus 2:9Exhort servants to submit to their masters, to be obsequious in all things,
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 →