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Text -- 1 Peter 2:14 (NET)

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2:14 or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Unto governors ( hēgemosin ). Dative again of hēgemōn , a leader (from hēgeomai , to lead), old and common word (Mat 10:18).

Unto governors ( hēgemosin ).

Dative again of hēgemōn , a leader (from hēgeomai , to lead), old and common word (Mat 10:18).

Robertson: 1Pe 2:14 - -- As sent by him ( hōs di' autou pempomenois ). Present passive participle of pempō . Di' autou is "by God,"as Jesus made plain to Pilate; even P...

As sent by him ( hōs di' autou pempomenois ).

Present passive participle of pempō . Di' autou is "by God,"as Jesus made plain to Pilate; even Pilate received his authority ultimately "from above"(Joh 18:11).

Robertson: 1Pe 2:14 - -- For vengeance on evil-doers ( eis ekdikēsin kakopoiōn ). Objective genitive with ekdikēsin , for which see Luk 18:7.

For vengeance on evil-doers ( eis ekdikēsin kakopoiōn ).

Objective genitive with ekdikēsin , for which see Luk 18:7.

Robertson: 1Pe 2:14 - -- For praise to them that do well ( epainon agathopoiōn ). Objective genitive again, agathopoios , a late word (Plutarch, Sirach) from agathon and ...

For praise to them that do well ( epainon agathopoiōn ).

Objective genitive again, agathopoios , a late word (Plutarch, Sirach) from agathon and poieō here only in N.T. Found in a magical papyrus.

Vincent: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Sent ( πεμπομένοις ) The present participle. In the habit of being sent: sent from time to time.

Sent ( πεμπομένοις )

The present participle. In the habit of being sent: sent from time to time.

Vincent: 1Pe 2:14 - -- By him The king; not the Lord.

By him

The king; not the Lord.

Vincent: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Punishment ( ἐκδίκησιν ) Not strong enough. Better, vengeance, as Rev. Compare Luk 18:7; Rom 12:19.

Punishment ( ἐκδίκησιν )

Not strong enough. Better, vengeance, as Rev. Compare Luk 18:7; Rom 12:19.

Vincent: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Them that do well ( ἀγαθοποιῶν ) Only here in New Testament.

Them that do well ( ἀγαθοποιῶν )

Only here in New Testament.

Wesley: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Or to subordinate governors, or magistrates.

Or to subordinate governors, or magistrates.

JFB: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Subordinate to the emperor, "sent," or delegated by Cæsar to preside over the provinces.

Subordinate to the emperor, "sent," or delegated by Cæsar to preside over the provinces.

JFB: 1Pe 2:14 - -- No tyranny ever has been so unprincipled as that some appearance of equity was not maintained in it; however corrupt a government be, God never suffer...

No tyranny ever has been so unprincipled as that some appearance of equity was not maintained in it; however corrupt a government be, God never suffers it to be so much so as not to be better than anarchy [CALVIN]. Although bad kings often oppress the good, yet that is scarcely ever done by public authority (and it is of what is done by public authority that Peter speaks), save under the mask of right. Tyranny harasses many, but anarchy overwhelms the whole state [HORNEIUS]. The only justifiable exception is in cases where obedience to the earthly king plainly involves disobedience to the express command of the King of kings.

JFB: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Every government recognizes the excellence of truly Christian subjects. Thus PLINY, in his letter to the Emperor Trajan, acknowledges, "I have found i...

Every government recognizes the excellence of truly Christian subjects. Thus PLINY, in his letter to the Emperor Trajan, acknowledges, "I have found in them nothing else save a perverse and extravagant superstition." The recognition in the long run mitigates persecution (1Pe 3:13).

Clarke: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Or unto governors - By king as supreme, the Roman emperor is meant; and by governors, ἡγεμοσιν, are meant, leaders, governors, presidents...

Or unto governors - By king as supreme, the Roman emperor is meant; and by governors, ἡγεμοσιν, are meant, leaders, governors, presidents, proconsuls, and other chief magistrates, sent by him into the provinces dependent on the Roman empire

Clarke: 1Pe 2:14 - -- For the punishment of evil doers - This was the object of their mission; they were to punish delinquents, and encourage and protect the virtuous.

For the punishment of evil doers - This was the object of their mission; they were to punish delinquents, and encourage and protect the virtuous.

Calvin: 1Pe 2:14 - -- 14.Or unto governors, or, Whether to presidents. He designates every kind of magistrates, as though he had said, that there is no kind of government...

14.Or unto governors, or, Whether to presidents. He designates every kind of magistrates, as though he had said, that there is no kind of government to which we ought not to submit. He confirms this by saying that they are God’s ministers; for they who apply him to the king, are greatly mistaken. There is then a common reason, which extols the authority of all magistrates, that they rule by the command of God, and are sent by him. It hence follows (as Paul also teaches us) that they resist God, who do not obediently submit to a power ordained by him.

For the punishment This is the second reason why it behoves us reverently to regard and to respect civil authority, and that is, because it has been appointed by the Lord for the common good of mankind; for we must be extremely barbarous and brutal, if the public good is not regarded by us. This, then, in short, is what Peter means, that since God keeps the world in order by the ministry of magistrates, all they who despise their authority are enemies to mankind.

Now he assumes these two things, which belong, as Plato says, to a commonwealth, that is, reward to the good and punishment to the wicked; for, in ancient times, not only punishment was allotted to evil-doers, but also rewards to the doers of good. But though it often happens that honors are not rightly distributed, nor rewards given to the deserving, yet it is an honor, not to be despised, that the good are at the least under the care and protection of magistrates, that they are not exposed to the violence and injuries of the ungodly, that they live more quietly under laws and better retain their reputation, than if every one, unrestrained, lived as he pleased. In short, it is a singular blessing of God, that the wicked are not allowed to do what they like.

It may, however, be objected here and said, that kings and magistrates often abuse their power, and exercise tyrannical cruelty rather than justice. Such were almost all the magistrates, when this Epistle was written. To this I answer, that tyrants and those like them, do not produce such effects by their abuse, but that the ordinance of God ever remains in force, as the institution of marriage is not subverted though the wife and the husband were to act in a way not becoming them. However, therefore, men may go astray, yet the end fixed by God cannot be changed.

Were any one again to object and say, that we ought not to obey princes who, as far as they can, pervert the holy ordinance of God, and thus become savage wild beasts, while magistrates ought to bear the image of God. My reply is this, that government established by God ought to be so highly valued by us, as to honor even tyrants when in power. There is yet another reply still more evident, — that there has never been a tyranny, (nor can one be imagined,) however cruel and unbridled, in which some portion of equity has not appeared; and further, some kind of government, however deformed and corrupt it may be, is still better and more beneficial than anarchy.

TSK: 1Pe 2:14 - -- for the punishment : Rom 13:3, Rom 13:4

for the punishment : Rom 13:3, Rom 13:4

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Or unto governors - Subordinate officers, appointed by the chief magistrate, over provinces. Perhaps Roman proconsuls are here particularly int...

Or unto governors - Subordinate officers, appointed by the chief magistrate, over provinces. Perhaps Roman proconsuls are here particularly intended.

As unto them that are sent by him - By the king, or the Roman emperor. They represent the supreme power.

For the punishment of evil doers - One of the leading ends of government. "The Roman governors had the power of life and death in such conquered provinces as those mentioned in 1Pe 1:1"- Doddridge. Ulpian, the celebrated Roman lawyer, who flourished two hundred years after Christ, thus describes the power of the governors of the Roman provinces: "It is the duty of a good and vigilant president to see to it that his province be peaceable and quiet. And that he ought to make diligent search after sacrilegious persons, robbers, man-stealers, and thieves, and to punish everyone according to their guilt."Again, "They who govern whole provinces, have the power of sending to the mines."And again,"The presidents of provinces have the highest authority, next to the emperor."Peter has described the office of the Roman governors in language nearly resembling that of Ulpian. See Lardner’ s Credibility, (Works, i. 77, edit. 8vo., Lond. 1829)

And for the praise of them that do well - Praise here stands opposed to punishment, and means commendation, applause, reward. That is, it is a part of their business to reward in a suitable manner those who are upright and virtuous as citizens. This would be by protecting their persons and property; by defending their rights, and, perhaps, by admitting those to share the honors and emoluments of office who showed that they were worthy to be trusted. It is as important a part of the functions of magistracy to protect the innocent, as it is to punish the wicked.

Poole: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Or unto governors he seems immediately to intend the governors of provinces under the Roman emperors, such as Pilate, Felix, Festus were in Judea, Se...

Or unto governors he seems immediately to intend the governors of provinces under the Roman emperors, such as Pilate, Felix, Festus were in Judea, Sergius Paulus in Cyprus, Act 13:7 ; and other places; see Luk 3:1 ; but so as to imply, under the name of governors, all inferior magistrates, as under the name of king he doth all supreme.

As unto them that are sent by him either:

1. By the king, or supreme magistrate, and then the next words show what should be his end in sending, or appointing officers, or subordinate rulers under him: or rather:

2. Sent by God, from whom all rulers, subordinate as well as supreme, have their authority, and which is the great motive on which they are to be obeyed; and then the following words show what is God’ s end in appointing them, and another reason for yielding obedience to them, viz. their being set up for the common good of the societies which they rule.

For the praise of them that do well: praise is a kind of reward, and is here to be taken by a synecdoche for all sorts of rewards given to those that do well, and are obedient to the laws: see Rom 13:3,4 .

Gill: 1Pe 2:14 - -- Or unto governors,.... Inferior magistrates, such as were under the Roman emperor; as proconsuls, procurators, &c. such as Pontius Pilate, Felix, and ...

Or unto governors,.... Inferior magistrates, such as were under the Roman emperor; as proconsuls, procurators, &c. such as Pontius Pilate, Felix, and Festus, who had under the emperor the government of particular nations, provinces, and cities:

as unto them that are sent by him; either by the king, the Roman emperor, by whom they were sent, from whom they received their commission, and derived their authority, under whom they acted, and to whom they were accountable; or by God, by whom they are ordained, and whose ministers they are, and for the ends hereafter mentioned; so that this contains an argument or reason why they should be submitted to:

for the punishment of evildoers; the breakers of the laws of God and men, on whom punishment is to be inflicted, by the civil magistrates, for the breach of them, by lines, scourgings, imprisonment, and death itself, according as the crimes are:

and for the praise of them that do well; who behave according to the laws of God and nations, and are obedient to magistrates, and subject to every ordinance; these have praise of men, of magistrates, and are rewarded by them; by protecting their persons, defending their properties, and preserving them in the peaceable enjoyment of their estates and possessions; see Rom 13:3.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Pe 2:14 Grk “for the punishment…and the praise.”

Geneva Bible: 1Pe 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him ( 18 ) for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. ( 18 ) The seco...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Pe 2:1-25 - --1 He exhorts them from the breach of charity;4 shewing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built.11 He beseeches them also to abstain fro...

MHCC: 1Pe 2:13-17 - --A Christian conversation must be honest; which it cannot be, if there is not a just and careful discharge of all relative duties: the apostle here tre...

Matthew Henry: 1Pe 2:13-25 - -- The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relativ...

Barclay: 1Pe 2:13-15 - --Peter looks at the duty of the Christian within the different spheres of his life; and he begins with his duty as a citizen of the country in which h...

Constable: 1Pe 2:11--4:12 - --III. The responsibilities of the christian individually 2:11--4:11 Since Christians have a particular vocation i...

Constable: 1Pe 2:13--3:13 - --B. Respect for Others 2:13-3:12 This section of the letter clarifies what it means to function obedientl...

Constable: 1Pe 2:13-17 - --1. Respect for everyone 2:13-17 Peter continued to give directions concerning how the Christian should conduct himself or herself when dealing with th...

College: 1Pe 2:1-25 - --1 PETER 2 F. CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK (2:1-3) 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind....

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER ABOUT a.d. 65 By Way of Introduction The Author The Epistle is not anonymous, but claims to be written by "...

JFB: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) ITS GENUINENESS is attested by 2Pe 3:1. On the authority of Second Peter, see the Introduction. Also by POLYCARP (in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History,...

JFB: 1 Peter (Outline) ADDRESS TO THE ELECTED OF THE GODHEAD: THANKSGIVING FOR THE LIVING HOPE TO WHICH WE ARE BEGOTTEN, PRODUCING JOY AMIDST SUFFERINGS: THIS SALVATION AN ...

TSK: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) As the design of this Epistle is excellent, remarks Dr. Macknight, so is its execution, in the judgment of the best critics, does not fall short of it...

TSK: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Pe 2:1, He exhorts them from the breach of charity; 1Pe 2:4, shewing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are built; 1Pe 2:11, H...

Poole: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) PETER CHAPTER 2

MHCC: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) The same great doctrines, as in St. Paul's epistles, are here applied to same practical purposes. And this epistle is remarkable for the sweetness, ge...

MHCC: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) (1Pe 2:1-10) A temper suitable to the Christian character as born again, is recommended. (1Pe 2:11, 1Pe 2:12) Holy conversation among the Gentiles di...

Matthew Henry: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle General of Peter Two epistles we have enrolled in the sacred canon of the scripture w...

Matthew Henry: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) The general exhortation to holiness is continued, and enforced by several reasons taken from the foundation on which Christians are built, Jesus Ch...

Barclay: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST LETTER OF PETER The Catholic Or General Epistles First Peter belongs to that group of New Testament letters which are k...

Barclay: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) What To Lose And What To Yearn For (1Pe_2:1-3) That On Which To Set The Heart (1Pe_2:1-3 Continued) The Nature And Function Of The Church (1Pe_2:...

Constable: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background This epistle claims that the Apostle Peter wrote it...

Constable: 1 Peter (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-2 II. The identity of Christians 1:3-2:10 A....

Constable: 1 Peter 1 Peter Bibliography Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publ...

Haydock: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. This first Epistle of St. Peter, though brief, contains much doctrine concerning fa...

Gill: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 PETER That Simon, called Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, was the writer of this epistle, is not questioned by any; nor was the...

Gill: 1 Peter 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 PETER 2 This chapter consists of exhortations, in general, to a holy life; and, in particular, to obedience to superiors. It begi...

College: 1 Peter (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION This commentary is written for the general reader with a serious interest in Scripture. Its purpose is to provide a historical interpret...

College: 1 Peter (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE GREETING - 1:1-2 II. A CALL TO BE HOLY - 1:3-2:10 A. The Hope of Salvation - 1:3-9 B. The Glory of This Salvation - 1:10-1...

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