<p>2:13 <i>Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake- </i>They were to consider the Gentile rulers as the Lord; just as the obedience of slaves to their masters was reckoned as serving the Lord, so submitting to rulers would likewise be reckoned as submission to the Lord.</p><p><i>Whether to the king, as supreme leader</i><i>- </i>Maybe an allusion to Caesar, but he is called &ldquo;the king&rdquo; rather than the emperor because Peter wants us to figure that the real king is the Lord Jesus. Peter asks his sheep: &ldquo;Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man&hellip; unto governors&hellip; as free&hellip; honour all men&rdquo; (1 Pet. 2:13-17). This is all evident allusion to the way he had once felt that as free in Christ and in Israel, he didn&rsquo;t need to submit to men and pay taxes. But the Lord had gently rebuked him, and provided the coin to pay for them both (Mt. 17:25-27). The Gospels records would have been well known amongst the early believers; there is a tradition that at least the Gospel of Mark was learnt by heart as part of instruction for baptism. Peter&rsquo;s readers would have known of the incident, and now, here he is telling them to learn the lesson he had had to learn. &nbsp;</p>