18Servants, be subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.


In Context

15 Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.

17 Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.

18 Servants, be subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.

19 For this is acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

20 For what glory is it, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear it? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear it, this is acceptable with God.

1 Peter 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Slaves, 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the fraudulent.