Bǐdéqiánshū 2:18

18 Nǐmen zuò púrén de , fán shì yào cún jìngwèi de xīn shùnfú zhǔrén . búdàn shùnfú nà shànliáng wēnhé de , jiù shì nà guāi pì de yĕ yào shùnfú .

Bǐdéqiánshū 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.

Bǐdéqiánshū 2:18 In-Context

16 Nǐmen suī shì zìyóu de , què bùkĕ jiè zhe zìyóu zhēgaì èdú ( huò zuò yīn dú ) , zǒng yào zuò shén de púrén .

17 Wù yào zūnjìng zhòngrén . qīnaì jiào zhōng de dìxiōng . jìngwèi shén . zūnjìng jūnwáng .

18 Nǐmen zuò púrén de , fán shì yào cún jìngwèi de xīn shùnfú zhǔrén . búdàn shùnfú nà shànliáng wēnhé de , jiù shì nà guāi pì de yĕ yào shùnfú .

19 Tǎngruò rén wèi jiào liángxīn duì de zhù shén , jiù rĕnshòu yuān qū de kǔchǔ , zhè shì kĕ xǐaì de .

20 Nǐmen ruò yīn fàn zuì shòu zé dá , néng rĕnnaì , yǒu shénme kĕ kuā de ne . dàn nǐmen ruò yīn xíng shàn shòu kǔ , ruò néng rĕnnaì , zhè zaì shén kàn shì kĕ xǐaì de .