1 Peter 2:18
The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
Cross References
Psalms 101:4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
Proverbs 11:20An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
Galatians 5:22And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Colossians 3:22The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
Titus 2:9Servants — to their own masters [are] to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,
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 →