1 Peter 2:18 (WEB)
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“1 Pet. ii. 17, 18.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Masters, command your servants not as being below you in rank, but as remembering that they are sharers of the same nature as yourselves.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 18.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For as it is enjoined on them, “to be subject to their masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward,” as Peter says; so fairness, and forbearance, and kindness, are what well becomes the masters.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. ii. 18.
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Cross-references · 1
1 Peter 2:18 takes up the words of 2 Maccabees 6:31 (8 words in common).