1 Peter
1 Peter 2:18
18Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect,f not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
Footnotes
- f 2:18 Or in all fear
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servants | οἰκέται | oiketai | Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural | G3610 a household servant |
| submit yourselves | ὑποτασσόμενοι | hypotassomenoi | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5293 I place under, subject to |
| to | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| masters | δεσπόταις | despotais | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G1203 a lord, master, or prince |
| with | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| all | παντὶ | panti | Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| respect | φόβῳ | phobō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G5401 fear, terror, reverence |
| not | οὐ | ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| only | μόνον | monon | Adverb | G3440 alone, but, only |
| to those who | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| good | ἀγαθοῖς | agathois | Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural | G18 good |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| gentle | ἐπιεικέσιν | epieikesin | Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural | G1933 gentle, mild, forbearing, fair, reasonable |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| even | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| to those who | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| unreasonable | σκολιοῖς | skoliois | Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural | G4646 crooked, perverse, unfair |
Cross-references
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Titus 2:9–10 · Ephesians 6:5–7 · Colossians 3:22–25 · 1 Timothy 6:1–3 · Proverbs 3:32
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.