16 Live as free persons, and not using your[a] freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God. 17 Honor all people, love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.[b]

18 Domestic slaves, be subject to your[c] masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unjust.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:16 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. 1 Peter 2:17 Or “the emperor”
  3. 1 Peter 2:18 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun