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Clement of Alexandria, on 1Pet 2:18
Clement of Alexandria · c. A.D. 150–215
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:
“For as it is enjoined on them, "to be subject to their masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward," as Peter says; so fairness, and forbearance, and kindness, are what well becomes the masters.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.