Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Peter 2:15 - 2:15

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Peter 2:15 - 2:15


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15. οὕτως may refer to the words which follow, viz. silencing ignorance by well-doing. But οὕτως is regularly used retrospectively to sum up some preceding statement. So here St Peter means that by employing civil magistrates for the praise of well-doers God indicates His own method of working. His plan is that His servants should silence (literally “gag”) senseless ignorant calumnies by well-doing, including loyal submission to civil authority.

τῶν ἀφρόνων. The article might mean “those senseless men who have been described as speaking evil of you,” or “men such as are senseless and reckless in their charges.”

ἀγνωσία, purblindness, is a much stronger word than ἀγνοία. It describes the ignorance which cannot and will not recognize the truth. Cf. 1Co 15:34 only.