But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
Ver. 17. But God hath distributed] In case you should not save your yoke fellow, yet keep your station, be content with your condition, and adorn it, 1 Peter 3:1,2. It is the duty of a Christian (said Luther) to believe things invisible, to hope for things deferred, and to love God when he shows himself contrary to us.