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For what glory [is it,] if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it,] ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God. 20. if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ] Literally, if when … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:20”

For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 19. For this is thankworthy ] The word charis, commonly translated “grace,” is here used in the sense, which attaches also to the Latin gratia, as in ago tibi gratias, and the French mille graces, of thanks or cause for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:19”

Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters ] The counsels thus opening are carried on to the close of the chapter. The fulness with which slaves are thus addressed, here and in Eph 6:5-8, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:18”

Honor all [men.] Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 17. Honour all men ] The universality of the precept is not to be narrowed by any arbitrary restriction of its range to those to whom honour was due. St Peter had been taught of God “not to call any man common or unclean” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:17”

As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 16. as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke ] The English text gives the impression that the word “free” is closely connected with the preceding verse. In the Greek, however, the adjective is in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:16”

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 15. For so is the will of God ] Better, for thus it is the will of God. This was to be the chief, if not the only, apologia of Christians to the charges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:15”

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 14. as unto them that are sent by him ] The tense of the Greek participle indicates that obedience was to be paid to those who, from time to time, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:14”

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man ] The precept, like those of Rom 13:1-7, points to this as the line of action which the circumstances of the time made most important, in order that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:13”

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 12. having your conversation honest among the Gentiles ] On “conversation,” see note on chap. 1Pe 1:15. There is perhaps no better equivalent … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:12”

Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims ] This is manifestly the beginning of a fresh section of the Epistle. Somewhat after the manner of St Paul, the Apostle, alter having allowed his thoughts … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Peter 2:11”