For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Ver. 27. For it seems to me unreasonable] And should not God's people be as careful to perform unto him a reasonable service, Romans 12:1, such as whereof they can render a sound and intelligible reason out of the word of God? Should they not prove what that good, and holy, and acceptable will of God is, Acts 25:21, by taking warrant from his word, and doing all to his glory? Is not this to do the works of God, John 6:28, and to do them in God, John 3:22, and for God, according to that, Quicquid agas propter Deum agas? καλον καλως. And is not the contrary will worship, Colossians 2:22; spiritual fornication, Psalms 106:39; idol worship, Exodus 32:4; devil worship, 1 Corinthians 10:20; cf. Acts 17:23; Revelation 9:20 ;