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17 honor everyone: be loving the brotherhood[a], be fearing God, be honoring the king;

Be Subject To Your Masters, Whether Good Or Bad, Following Christ’s Example

18 ... servants, being subject to your masters with all fear[b], not only to the good and kind ones, but also to the crooked[c] ones. 19 For this finds favor— if for the sake of a consciousness[d] of God one bears-up[e] while suffering sorrows unjustly.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:17 That is, the community of believers.
  2. 1 Peter 2:18 That is, with all respect; or, in all reverence of God.
  3. 1 Peter 2:18 Or, dishonest, unscrupulous. That is, toward you, v 19.
  4. 1 Peter 2:19 Or, conscience toward God.
  5. 1 Peter 2:19 Or, endures.

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