For this is acceptable (τουτο γαρ χαρις). "For this thing (neuter singular τουτο, obedience to crooked masters) is grace" (χαρις i…

For this is thank-worthy. Margin: thank. Greek: 'This is grace' (charis). Doddridge renders the expre ion, "This is grac…

For this is thankworthy.—"This," namely, what precedes, which is further explained in what follows. Quite literally it is, for…

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and g…

Peter motivates this latter clause. “For it,” he writes, “is commendable”—i.e., a “grace” (GK 5921). It is an attractive quality in the sight of Go…

For this is thankworthy. The word 'grace' or 'favor' has the meaning of praise. For he means that no grace or praise will be found before …

For this is thankworthy
Or "grace"; this is a fruit and effect of grace, an instance of it, in which it shows itself…

Servants in those days were generally slaves and had heathen masters, who often treated them cruelly; yet the apostle directs them to be subject to…