1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Context
This verse from 1 Peter Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Like living stones be built up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of …
Other Translations
Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;
Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
Cross References
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, …
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way …
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, …
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of …
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of …