Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Peter 2:18
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1 Peter2:18
18 Servants be subject to your masters with all fear , not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward .
Not only reverence of Masters, and fear of offending them is to be understood, but Fear of God, as appears by the parallel place, Col. 3.22. see Eph. 6.5, 6, 7.
By Good he means not gracious or holy, but, as the next word explains it, Gentle, Just, Equal.
Morose, Crabbed, Unjust, Unmerciful.
The word is not the same which Paul useth, Col. 3.22. but may well comprehend the Servants he speaks of, as implying not only Slaves, but those that were made free, yet continued still in the Family; and so signifies Servants of whatsoever condition.
Marginal references: Col. 3.22. Tit. 2.9.
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