1 Peter 2:14

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or unto governors - Subordinate officers, appointed by the chief magistrate, over provinces. Perhaps Roman proconsuls are here particularly inten...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 second...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 2:13-17 . As Jesus had given them an example so were they to live in all dutiful obedience to human authority from the emperor to his repres...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

governors . Greek. hegemon . Elsewhere, only in the Gospels and Acts. The title of Pilate, Felix, and Festus. sent . App-174. for . App-104....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2396 SUBJECTION TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT 1 Peter 2:13-17 . Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. Or unto governors - By...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. Governors - su...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Governors, as unto them that are sent by him. — This word will include legati, proconsuls, propraetors, procurators, all officers entrusted with...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22-25 ; 1 Peter 2:1-3 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none w...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 CHRISTIANS AS PILGRIMS IN THE WORLD 1 Peter 2:11-17 THE Apostle opens his exhortations with a word eminently Christian: "Beloved." I...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The Christian Pilgrim's Walk 1 Peter 2:11-17 Strong desires must be kept under the stronger hand of the Christian soul-not extirpated but turne...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In order to obey the injunctions, those to whom Peter writes are urged to put away all such things as are contrary to the spirit of love. In order to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (12) Having your conversation honest...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Or unto governors ,.... Inferior magistrates, such as were under the Roman emperor; as proconsuls, procurators, c. such as Pontius Pilate, Felix, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. Ver. 14. Or unto g...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man Greek, παση ανθρωπινη κτισει, to every human constitution of government, under which you are placed b...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ch.2: 1 Timothy 6 Since the Word of God is the solid foundation of all, eternal blessing for us, it surely follows that we should gladly lay aside...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. A. D....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or unto governors; he seems immediately to intend the governors of provinces under the Roman emperors, such as Pilate, Felix, Festus were in Judea,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Obedience And Heavenly Connection Is To Be Revealed By Their Lives And By Their Due Submission To Lawful Authority In The Same Way As Christ S...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as supreme; or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Are To Be Obedient To The Authorities ( 1 Peter 2:13-17 ). He emphasises here that being sojourners does not mean that Christians are rebels...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 Peter 2:13 . Submit yourselves .—This belongs to the care Christians should take not to be in any sense an occas...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-3 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Putting these evil things r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,- This is what we are to lay...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Peter 2:1-2 . Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Peter 2:4 . To whom coming as to a living stone. The jews boasted of their temple, an undisputed blessing. But when the christians fled from Jer...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Expositions 1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside. Those who would wear the white robe of regeneration must lay aside the filthy garments (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Obedience to the constituted authorities:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Or to subordinate governors, or magistrates.

¹⁴ Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

Related Commentaries of 1 Peter 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Peter 2:14