1 Peter 2
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1 Peter 2:18-21

181ServantsG3610, be submissiveG5293 to your mastersG1203 with allG3956 respectG5401, not onlyG3440 to thoseG3588 who are goodG18 and 2gentleG1933, but alsoG2532 to thoseG3588 who are 3unreasonableG4646.

19For thisG3778 finds 4favorG5485, ifG1487 for the sakeG1223 of 5conscienceG4893 toward GodG2316 a personG5100 bearsG5297 up underG5297 sorrowsG3077 when sufferingG3958 unjustlyG95.

20For whatG4169 creditG2811 is there ifG1487, when you sinG264 and are harshlyG2852 treatedG2852, you endureG5278 it with patienceG5278? But ifG1487 6when you doG15 what is rightG15 and sufferG3958 for it you patientlyG5278 endureG5278 it, thisG3778 finds 7favorG5485 with GodG2316.

21For 8you have been calledG2564 for thisG3778 purpose, 9sinceG3754 ChristG5547 alsoG2532 sufferedG3958 for you, leavingG5277 you 10an exampleG5261 for you to followG1872 in His stepsG2487,

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Peter 2:18 Eph 6:5 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Peter 2:18 James 3:17 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Peter 2:18 Or perverse ↩
  4. 4. 1 Peter 2:19 Or grace ↩
  5. 5. 1 Peter 2:19 Rom 13:5; 1 Pet 3:14, 16f ↩
  6. 6. 1 Peter 2:20 1 Pet 3:17 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Peter 2:20 V 19, note 1 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Peter 2:21 Acts 14:22; 1 Pet 3:9 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Peter 2:21 1 Pet 3:18; 4:1, 13 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Peter 2:21 Matt 11:29; 16:24 ↩

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