1 Peter 2:15
Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
In Context
14or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evil-doers and praise of well-doers.
16As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Psalms 5:5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
Matthew 7:26And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
Romans 1:21Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.
Ephesians 6:6Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →