1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;
Noyes Bible
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, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as servants of God.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
Psalms 5:5The haughty shall not stand in thy sight; Thou hatest all that do iniquity.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake folly, and live! And go forward in the way of understanding!
Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
Romans 1:21Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;
Ephesians 6:6not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as bond-servants of 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 →