Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 2:15-16

"For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God." — 1 Peter 2:15-16 (ASV)

For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free,-

What a grand word that is, as free! Byron wrote, "He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides." But we may alter that, and say, "He is the true freeman whom his Lord makes free." As free,-