1 Petrus 2:18

18 Ihr Hausknechte, seid den Herren unterwürfig in aller Furcht, nicht allein den guten und gelinden, sondern auch den verkehrten.

1 Petrus 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 Petrus 2:18 In-Context

16 als Freie, und die nicht die Freiheit zum Deckmantel der Bosheit haben, sondern als Knechte Gottes.

17 Erweiset allen Ehre; liebet die Brüderschaft; fürchtet Gott; ehret den König.

18 Ihr Hausknechte, seid den Herren unterwürfig in aller Furcht, nicht allein den guten und gelinden, sondern auch den verkehrten.

19 Denn dies ist wohlgefällig, wenn jemand um des Gewissens vor Gott willen Beschwerden erträgt, indem er ungerecht leidet.

20 Denn was für ein Ruhm ist es, wenn ihr ausharret, indem ihr sündiget und geschlagen werdet? Wenn ihr aber ausharret, indem ihr Gutes tut und leidet, das ist wohlgefällig bei Gott.