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Adam Clarke, on 1Pet 2:18
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
1Pet 2:18 · Douay-Rheims
“Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.”
On this verse:
“Servants, be subject - See the notes on Eph 6:5; Col 3:22 (note); and Tit 2:9 (note). With all fear - With all submission and reverence. The good and gentle - Those who are ever just in their commands, never requiring more work than is necessary or proper, and always allowing sufficient food and sufficient time. The froward - Σκολιοις· The crooked, perverse, unreasonable morose, and austere. Your time belongs to your master; obey him in every thing that is not sinful; if he employs you about unreasonable or foolish things, let him answer for it. He may waste your time, and thus play the fool with his own property; you can only fill up your time: let him assign the work; it is your duty to obey.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.