Verse 14
b. Exhortation to obedience after the pattern of Christ, 1 Peter 1:14-16 .
14. As the preceding verse points to the inward state and action, and this to external conduct, with its own proper ground, it is better, with Tregelles, Alford, and others, to read here as beginning a new paragraph.
Obedient children Literally, children of obedience. See Winer, xxxiv, b. 2. As the child partakes of the nature of the parent, such are they whose moral natures are so imbued with the spirit of obedience that it has become a controlling second nature. See note on Ephesians 2:2. The condition presupposed is in the “begotten again” of 1 Peter 1:3, and the “born again” of 1 Peter 1:23. In such this spirit reigns, and the demand of holiness naturally follows.
Not… lusts Negatively. The sort of conduct to which they led is described in chapter 1 Peter 4:3, and includes whatever is contrary to the holy example of Christ.
Ignorance Before receiving the knowledge of the gospel, or, on the part of the heathen, of the true God.
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