1 Peter 2:18 — Community Reflections

1 PETER 2:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

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

Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh — the word 'servants' (douloi, slaves) makes explicit the social reality of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. The submission (hypotassō) extends even to 'harsh' (skolioi, crooked/unjust) masters, grounding such submission in Christ as example. The universality suggests that virtue lies in the slave's character, not the master's worthiness.

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