1 Peter 2:18

For this is thankworthy,.... Or "grace"; this is a fruit and effect of grace, an instance of it, in which it shows itself: the Syriac version adds, "with God"; and so it is read in one of Beza's…

Servants, be subject to your masters - On the duty here enjoined, see the notes at Eph 6:5-9. The Greek word used here (οἰκέται oiketai) is not the same which is employed in Ephesians, (δοῦλοι…

Servants, be subject - See the notes on Eph 6:5; Col 3:22 (note); and Tit 2:9 (note).

With all fear - With all submission and reverence.

The good and gentle - Those who are ever just in their…

The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of…

Servants, be subject to your masters The counsels thus opening are carried on to the close of the chapter. The fulness with which slaves are thus addressed, here and in Eph 6:5-8, Col 3:22, 1Ti 6:1-2,…