1 Peter 2:18

1 Timothy 6:1-3; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Colossians 3:22-25; Ephesians 6:5-7; Galatians 5:22; James 3:17; Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 8:13; Psalms 101:4; Titus 2:10; Titus 2:9; Titus 3:2

Related Commentaries of 1 Peter 2:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Servants, be subject to your masters - On the duty here enjoined, see the notes at Ephesians 6:5-9 . The Greek word used here ( οἰκέται oik...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(21) Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. (21) He goes to the duty of s...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This is one of the noblest passages in the NT on the real meaning of service. It raised the position of slave at one moment to the highest honour....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Servants . App-190. be subject . submit, 1 Peter 2:13 . masters . App-98. with . in. App-104. gentle . Greek. epieikes. See Philippia...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18 Servants, be subject Though this is a particular admonition, yet it is connected with what is gone before, as well as the other things wh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Servants, be subject - See the note...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Peter 2:18 .— To the poor the Gospel was preached; and many of the inferior sort, who were free from the incumbrance of riches, and the pr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Servants, х oiketai ( G3610...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Servants — Second division of the second prudential rule: subordination social. This word is not the same as is used by St. Paul — e.g., Ephesia...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22-25 ; 1 Peter 2:1-3 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none w...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 CHRISTIAN SERVICE 1 Peter 2:18-25 THE Gospel history shows very clearly that during our Lord's lifetime His followers were drawn lar...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Following the Shepherd of Souls 1 Peter 2:18-25 The argument from this point seems to be: Since you have been redeemed, live worthily of your h...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In order to obey the injunctions, those to whom Peter writes are urged to put away all such things as are contrary to the spirit of love. In order to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (12) Having your conversation honest...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BROTHERHOOD ‘Love the brotherhood’ 1 Peter 2:17 This is an instruction which commends itself to our conscience, but which we find difficult...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Servants, be subject to your masters ,.... This was another notion of the Jews, that because they were the seed of Abraham, they ought not to be the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Ver. 18. To the froward ] Cross...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Servants Οι οικεται, household servants, be subject to your masters Though heathen, in all things lawful; with all fear Of offending them or Go...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ch.2: 1 Timothy 6 Since the Word of God is the solid foundation of all, eternal blessing for us, it surely follows that we should gladly lay aside...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. A. D....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Servants; the word is not the same which Paul useth, Colossians 3:22 , but may well comprehend the servants he speaks of, as implying not only s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Household servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.' The fact that instruct...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 2:18 . Servants .—Slaves. Many of the early Christians came from the ranks of slaves, or freedmen. And the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Putting these evil things r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,- This is what we are to lay...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-2 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Peter is very practical in his Epistles. In the early days of the faith, Christians occupied a far more difficult and dangerous position than they do...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 2:4 . To whom coming as to a living stone. The jews boasted of their temple, an undisputed blessing. But when the christians fled from Jer...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Expositions 1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The submission of slaves:
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Servants — Literally, household servants. With all fear — Of offending them or God. Not only to the good — Tender, kind. And gentle — Mild, easily...

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

Related Commentaries of 1 Peter 2:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Peter 2:18