Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Peter 3:6
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1 Peter3:6
6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters t ye are as long as ye do well , and are not afraid with any amazement.
After her Name was changed from Sarai, my Lady, to Sarah, simply a Lady or Princess, because Kings were to come of her, Gen. 17.15, 16. Yet even then she obeyed Abraham; and this is spoken in commendation of her Obedience.
Not meerly in Complement, but in reality, hereby acknowledging his Authority and her own Subjection.
Either ye are made or beco[illegible: 1 letter]e, viz. by imitation of her Faith and Holiness, as well as ye are by Kindred and Succession; or, ye are declared, and known to be, as the phrase is elsewhere used, Iohn 15.8.
Follow her in good works, 1 Tim. 2.10.
Or, afraid of any amazement, any thing frightful; or; which might terrify you, taking amazement for the object or cause of Fear, as v. 14. Psal. 53.5. Prov. 3.25. and the sence may be, either, so long as ye perform your Duty with a resolute mind, and keep from that which is contrary to your Faith; or, as long as you subject your selves to your Husbands willingly, cheerfully, and without slavish fear of being losers by your Obedience, and faring the worse for your Patience and Submission.
Marginal references: Gen. 18.12.; Not only according to the Flesh, but Spiritually according to the Promise.; Gr. Children.
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