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.


In Context

15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.

19 For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God.

20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

1st 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 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 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.