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1 Peter 2:18

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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect: not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

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1 Peter 2:18 in other translations

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

1 Peter 2:18 · American Standard Version

1 Peter 2:18 in context

  1. 16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
  2. 17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  3. 18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect: not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
  4. 19For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
  5. 20For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.