15. The will of God Namely, this subjection to rulers. Put to silence Literally, muzzle, so as to stop their mouths. Ignorance Habitual and general, as Wiesinger says, “having ever its mouth open rather than its eyes.” Foolish men With the article, the foolish men who slanderously babble about them as evil doers. read more
16. As free Compare St. Paul in Galatians 5:13. Free, as being of the royal priesthood, the holy nation, and God’s own people, (1 Peter 2:9,) with the consciousness of superiority to a mere earthly life. But they might not therefore infer a freedom from obligation to obey earthly laws. The Jews were thus misled, claiming to owe allegiance only to God as their King, and stirring up rebellion against the authority of Rome. By a perversion of the true doctrine, this Christian freedom might... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.As free — Yet obeying governors, for God's sake. read more