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1 Peter 2:17-19
Lexham English Bible
1 Peter 2:17-19
Lexham English Bible
17 Honor all people, love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.[a]
18 Domestic slaves, be subject to your[b] masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unjust. 19 For this finds favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows while[c] suffering unjustly.
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- 1 Peter 2:17 Or “the emperor”
- 1 Peter 2:18 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- 1 Peter 2:19 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“suffering”) which is understood as temporal
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