erowe1
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1 Peter 2:13-15 reads as follows:
What I want to use this thread for is to demonstrate:
1) that human institutions (emperors, governors, etc.) Peter has in mind here were ones he considered evil
2) that he expected his original audience to understand him to mean that, indeed, that it was obvious to them
3) that he had an important reason for writing these words in way that, taken superficially, looked like he was praising these institutions as good.
This OP is just to get the thread going. I'll probably add snippets at a time in posts to follow. Others are, of course, welcome to contribute and interact.
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
What I want to use this thread for is to demonstrate:
1) that human institutions (emperors, governors, etc.) Peter has in mind here were ones he considered evil
2) that he expected his original audience to understand him to mean that, indeed, that it was obvious to them
3) that he had an important reason for writing these words in way that, taken superficially, looked like he was praising these institutions as good.
This OP is just to get the thread going. I'll probably add snippets at a time in posts to follow. Others are, of course, welcome to contribute and interact.