1 Peter 2:15
Because such is the will of God, to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good:
Family 35 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 free (not using the freedom as a cover for evil), yet as slaves of God.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26But every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand;
Romans 1:21precisely because, knowing God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks; so their reasonings became worthless and their senseless hearts were darkened.
Ephesians 6:6not only when being watched, to please men, but as slaves of the Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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 →