1 Peter 2:15
By doing what is good and right God wants you to silence the ignorant accusations of foolish people.
Free Bible 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 governors that God appoints to punish those who do evil and to commend those who do good.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he told her, “You're talking just like any foolish woman would! Should we receive only good from God, and not evil?” Despite all this, Job said nothing sinful.
Psalms 5:5The proud cannot come into your presence; you hate everyone who does evil.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your foolish ways and you will live; follow the path that makes sense.”
Matthew 7:26Everyone that hears the words I say, and doesn't follow them, is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Romans 1:21because even though they knew God, they did not praise him or thank him, but instead their thinking about God turned into complete foolishness, and darkness filled their empty minds.
Ephesians 6:6Don't just work well when you're being watched to gain approval, but work like servants of Christ, honestly doing God's will,
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 →