¹⁸^wServants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.⁵ ¹⁹For this is a gracious thing, when, ^xmindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

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Footnotes

5Or crooked

Cross references

w Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22; 1 Tim. 6:1; Titus 2:9
xch. 3:14, 17; [ch. 4:16]

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Household slaves, submit to your masters with all reverence not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel. For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

NLTNew Living Translation

You who are slaves must submit to your masters with all respect. Do what they tell you—not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel. For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unjust. For this finds favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

KJV 1900King James Version

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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