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OET (OET-RV) You who are house-servants should respectfully obey your masters—not only the good and gentle ones, but also the crooked ones,
OET-LV The house_servants, being_subjected with all respect to_your masters, not only to_the good and gentle, but also to_the crooked.
SR-GNT Οἱ οἰκέται, ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς. ‡
(Hoi oiketai, hupotassomenoi en panti fobōi tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin, alla kai tois skoliois.)
Key: khaki:verbs, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT House slaves, be subjected to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle ones, but also to the crooked ones.
UST You household slaves who are believers, submit to your masters with a completely reverent attitude. Do this not only to those masters who act very kindly toward you but also to those who act unjustly toward you.
BSB Servants, submit yourselves to [your] masters with all respect,[fn] not only to those who [are] good and gentle, but even to those who [are] unreasonable.
2:18 Or in all fear
MSB (Same as above including footnotes)
BLB Servants, be subject to masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the unreasonable.
AICNT Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
OEB Those of you who are domestic servants should always be submissive and respectful to their masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are arbitrary.
WEBBE Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
LSV Servants, be subject in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked;
FBV If you are a servant then submit to your master—not just those who are good and kind, but those who are harsh masters as well.
TCNT Servants, submit to your masters with complete respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are cruel.
T4T You slaves who are believers, submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who act in a good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who act in a harsh way towards you.
LEB No LEB 1 PET book available
BBE Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
Moff No Moff 1 PET book available
Wymth Household servants, be submissive to your masters, and show them the utmost respect—not only if they are kind and thoughtful, but also if they are unreasonable.
ASV Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
DRA Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
YLT The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;
Drby Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
RV Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
SLT Servants being subjected to masters in all fear; not only to the good and equitable, but also to the crooked.
Wbstr Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
KJB-1769 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
KJB-1611 Seruants, be subiect to your masters with al feare, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps 1 PET book available
Gnva Seruaunts, be subiect to your masters with all feare, not onely to the good and courteous, but also to the froward.
(Seruaunts, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and courteous, but also to the froward. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 PET book available
TNT Servauntes obey youre masters with all feare not only yf they be good and courteous: but also though they be frowarde.
(Servauntes obey your(pl) masters with all fear not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be frowarde. )
Wycl No Wycl 1 PET book available
Luth No Luth 1 PET book available
ClVg Servi, subditi estote in omni timore dominis, non tantum bonis et modestis, sed etiam dyscolis.[fn]
(Servi, I_submiti bete in/into/on all with_fear masters, not/no only good and modestis, but also dyscolis. )
2.18 Servi subjecti. Hucusque exhortatus est liberos ad subjectionem, nunc servis loquitur, ut et ipsi subjecti sint dominis. Non tantum bonis. Alia translatio: Non tantum bonis et modestis: sed etiam difficilioribus. Dyscolis. Id est indisciplinatis. Schola Græce, Latine locus, in quo ad audiendos magistros liberalium artium conveniebant, unde schola vacatio interpretatur, quia ibi vacabant studiis. Scholastici igitur sunt eruditi. Dyscoli indocti et agrestes. Ecce quomodo supra monebat subdi humanæ creaturæ propter Deum.
2.18 Servi subjects. Hucusque exhortatus it_is liberos to subjectsonem, now slavess speaks, as and themselves subjects let_them_be masters. Not/No only good. Alia translatio: Not/No only good and modestis: but also difficilioribus. Dyscolis. That it_is indisciplinatis. Schola Græce, Latine locus, in/into/on where to listenendos moretros liberalium artium conveniebant, whence schola vacatio interprets, because there vacabant studies. Scholastici therefore are eruditi. Dyscoli indocti and agrestes. Behold how above monebat subdi human creaturæ because God.
UGNT οἱ οἰκέται, ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
(hoi oiketai, hupotassomenoi en panti fobōi tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin, alla kai tois skoliois.)
SBL-GNT Οἱ οἰκέται ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
(Hoi oiketai hupotassomenoi en panti fobōi tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin alla kai tois skoliois.)
RP-GNT Οἱ οἰκέται, ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
(Hoi oiketai, hupotassomenoi en panti fobōi tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin, alla kai tois skoliois.)
TC-GNT Οἱ οἰκέται, ὑποτασσόμενοι ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ τοῖς δεσπόταις, οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
(Hoi oiketai, hupotassomenoi en panti fobōi tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin, alla kai tois skoliois. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
2:18 Many slaves in the Roman Empire held responsible positions and had a decent income, but most were harshly treated and all were deprived of legal status and rights.
• with all respect (literally with all fear): Peter might be calling on slaves to fear God (see 2:17; cp. 1:17) or the master’s punishment, but he often speaks this way about the respectful attitude Christians must have toward others (3:16).
Peter begins to speak specifically to people who were slaves who worked in people’s houses.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν
˱to˲_your ˱to˲_the good and gentle
The words good and gentle mean similar things. Peter uses this repetition to emphasize that such masters treat their servants very kindly. If your language does not use repetition to do this, you can use one phrase and provide emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [to the very kind ones]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τοῖς σκολιοῖς
˱to˲_your ˱to˲_the ˱to˲_the crooked
Here, crooked ones is used to refer to people who act dishonestly or unjustly as if their morals were an object that could be bent or twisted. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to the dishonest ones]