Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
By well-doing (agaqopoiountav). Present active participle of agaqopoiew, only in LXX and N.T. (Mark 3:4). In accusative case agreeing with umav understood, accusative of general reference with fimoin, present active infinitive (epexegetic infinitive after to qelhma tou qeou, the will of God), late and rare verb (from fimov muzzle), as in Matthew 22:12.
The ignorance of foolish men (thn twn afronwn anqrwpwn agnwsian). Agnwsia is late and rare word (in the papyri) from alpha privative and gnwsiv (knowledge), in N.T. only here and 1 Corinthians 15:24 (disgraceful ignorance in both instances). Note alliteration.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 15:34
1 Peter 2:20
1 Peter 3:6
1 Peter 3:17
1 Peter 4:19
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