1 Peter 2:15
For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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
16as being free, and yet not using your freedom as a cloak for malice, but as servants of God.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26And every one that hears these words of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Romans 1:21because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became perverse in their reasonings, and their wicked heart was darkened;
Ephesians 6:6not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but as the servants 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 →