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  1 PETER 2:18
  by John Gill
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Summary: Servants should submit to their masters with all fear,
reverence, faithfulness, diligence, and carefulness, regardless of the
master's nature.

Topics: "Servanthood", "Submission"
Scripture References: Matthew 5:44, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Corinthians 7:20, Ephesians 6:5-8, Colossians 3:22-24, 1 Timothy 6:1-2, 2 Timothy 2:9, Titus 2:9-10, 1 Peter 2:18, 1 Peter 3:1-2

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John Gill emphasizes the Apostle Peter's instruction to servants to be
submissive to their masters, regardless of whether they are good or
harsh. He addresses the misconception among believers that their faith
exempts them from serving others, reminding them of the importance of
respect, diligence, and faithfulness in their duties. Gill highlights
that submission should be given not only to kind masters but also to
those who are difficult and demanding, underscoring the call to maintain
integrity and honor in all circumstances.

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Ver. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters,.... This was another
notion of the Jews, that because they were the seed of Abraham, they
ought not to be the servants of any; and particularly such as were
believers in Christ thought they ought not to serve unbelieving masters,
nor indeed believing ones, because they were equally brethren in Christ
with them; hence the Apostle Peter, here, as the Apostle Paul frequently
elsewhere, inculcates this duty of servants to their masters; see 1Co
7:20 2Ti 2:9 the manner in which they are to be subject to them is,

with all fear; with reverence to their persons, strict regard to their
commands, faithfulness in any trust reposed in them, diligence in the
discharge of their duty, and carefulness of offending them: and all
this,

not only to the good and gentle; those that are good natured, kind,
beneficent, and merciful; that do not use them with rigour and severity;
are moderate in their demands of service; require no more to be done
than what is reasonable; allow them sufficient diet, give them good
wages, and pay them duly:

but also to the froward; the ill natured, morose, and rigorous; who
exact more labour than is requisite; give hard words, and harder blows;
withhold sufficiency of food from them, and keep back the hire of their
labours.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-gill/1-peter-218/
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