And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
Ver. 17. I wot that through ignorance] Peter excuseth not their fact, but thus far forth mitigateth it, that it was not the sin against the Holy Ghost, which can never be forgiven. This must be carefully cautioned, and the weak informed that they despair not. This irremissible sin is wilful blaspheming of God, and the work of his Spirit, out of revenge,Hebrews 10:29; a will to crucify Christ again.