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


In Context

15 For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16 As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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

19 For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

20 For what glory is it, if committing sin, and being buffeted for it, you endure? But if doing well you suffer patiently; this is thankworthy before 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.