John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of God ,.... Which refers not so much to what goes before; though it is a truth, that it is the will of God that men should be subject to magistrates, and that magistrates should encourage virtue, and discourage vice, reward the obedient, and punish delinquents; but to what follows: that with well doing ; by doing good works, and those well; by living soberly, righteously, and godly; by having the conversation honest among the Gentiles, agreeably to the law of God, and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 2:14
Or unto governors ,.... Inferior magistrates, such as were under the Roman emperor; as proconsuls, procurators, &c.; such as Pontius Pilate, Felix, and Festus, who had under the emperor the government of particular nations, provinces, and cities: as unto them that are sent by him ; either by the king, the Roman emperor, by whom they were sent, from whom they received their commission, and derived their authority, under whom they acted, and to whom they were accountable; or by God, by... read more