1 Pedro 2:18

18 Siervos, estad sujetos a vuestros amos con todo respeto, no sólo a los que son buenos y afables, sino también a los que son insoportables.

1 Pedro 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 2:18

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 servants of any; and particularly such as were believers in Christ thought they ought not to serve unbelieving masters, nor indeed believing ones, because they were equally brethren in Christ with them; hence the Apostle Peter, here, as the Apostle Paul frequently elsewhere, inculcates this duty of servants to their masters; see ( 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Corinthians 7:21 ) ( Ephesians 6:5 ) ( Colossians 3:22 ) ( 1 Timothy 6:1 ) ( 2 Timothy 2:9 ) the manner in which they are to be subject to them is,

with all fear;
with reverence to their persons, strict regard to their commands, faithfulness in any trust reposed in them, diligence in the discharge of their duty, and carefulness of offending them: and all this,

not only to the good and gentle;
those that are good natured, kind, beneficent, and merciful; that do not use them with rigour and severity; are moderate in their demands of service; require no more to be done than what is reasonable; allow them sufficient diet, give them good wages, and pay them duly:

but also to the froward;
the ill natured, morose, and rigorous; who exact more labour than is requisite; give hard words, and harder blows; withhold sufficiency of food from them, and keep back the hire of their labours.

1 Pedro 2:18 In-Context

16 Andad como libres, pero no uséis la libertad como pretexto para la maldad, sino empleadla como siervos de Dios.

17 Honrad a todos, amad a los hermanos, temed a Dios, honrad al rey.

18 Siervos, estad sujetos a vuestros amos con todo respeto, no sólo a los que son buenos y afables, sino también a los que son insoportables.

19 Porque esto halla gracia, si por causa de la conciencia ante Dios, alguno sobrelleva penalidades sufriendo injustamente.

20 Pues ¿qué mérito hay, si cuando pecáis y sois tratados con severidad lo soportáis con paciencia? Pero si cuando hacéis lo bueno sufrís por ello y lo soportáis con paciencia, esto halla gracia con Dios.