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The Context of 'Servants'
Scholars explain the Greek word used here, 'oiketai,' refers to 'household servants,' a broad category that included slaves in the Roman Empire. The instruction is not an endorsement of slavery but a practical guide for Christians on how to live out their faith within the existing social structures of their time. The principle of respectful conduct extends to modern employment relationships.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 2:18
18th Century
Theologian
Servants, be subject to your masters. For the duty commanded here, see the notes on Ephesians 6:5 and following. The Greek word used here …
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 2:18
Servants (ο οικετα). Note article with the class as with ανδρες (3:7), though not with γυναικες (3:1). Οικετης, old word from οικο…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 2:18
19th Century
Bishop
Servants—This is the second division of the second prudential rule: social subordination. This word is not the same as is used by …
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 2:18–20
19th Century
Preacher
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 2:18
It is difficult for twentieth-century Christians to understand the slavery of the ancient world. During the time of the NT writings, slavery was no…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 2:18
16th Century
Theologian
Servants, be subject. Although this is a particular admonition, it is connected with what has gone before, as well as the other things tha…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 2:18
17th Century
Pastor
Servants, be subject to your masters
This was another notion of the Jews, that because they were the seed of Abraham…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 2:18–25
17th Century
Minister
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…