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1 Peter 2:18 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.1 Peter 2:18 · King James Version
1 Peter 2:18 in context
16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Servantsoiketēsone who lives in the same house as another, spoken of all who are under the authority of…G3610 →
- subjecthypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- mastersdespotēsa master, LordG1203 →
- frowardskolioscrooked, curved, metaph., perverse, wicked, unfair, surly, frowardG4646 →
- gentleepieikēsseeming, suitable, equitable, fair, mild, gentleG1933 →
- fearphobosfear, dread, terror, that which strikes terror, reverence for one's husbandG5401 →
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The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-25