Bible verse
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
1 Peter 2:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Peter 2.
14 or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
17 Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
18 Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
20 How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
KJV
Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
ASV
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
ERV
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Newsletter
A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.