about his body. Peter is using the word metaphorically, apparently to mean “to invest oneself with,” “to make one’s essential characteristic” (TDNT II:339). Like “submit” (above), this command is also “decisive.” Kelly observes that the word originally referred to a kind of protective apron that slaves tied on over their other clothes and infers from this that Peter is consciously suggesting a servant’s attitude, perhaps even “hinting that they should imitate the Lord, who ties a towel about Himself