1 Peter 2:15
For it is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d) that you, by acting as anshei tzedek, may silence the lack of da'as (knowledge) of the kesilim (the foolish people).
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the nevalot (foolish women) speaketh. What? Shall we receive hatov from Elohim, and shall we not accept harah? In all this did not Iyov sin in what he said.
Psalms 5:5For Thou art not El that hath pleasure in resha; 1 neither shall rah dwell with Thee. 1
Proverbs 9:6Forsake the simple ways, and live; 1 and go in the derech binah. 1
Matthew 7:26And everyone hearing these words of mine + 7:26 Divrei Moshiach and not doing them is like the shoteh (fool), who built his bais upon the sand.
Romans 1:21Because, even though they in actual fact knew G-d, they did not ascribe Him kavod (glory) as G-d or give hodayah (thanksgiving) to Him, but became filled with hevel (futility, vanity, emptiness, worthlessness) in their thinking, and their senseless levavot were darkened.
Ephesians 6:6Not with eye service as men-pleasers, being mehaneh (pleasing) to Bnei Adam, but as avadim (servants) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, doing the ratzon Hashem from your levavot.
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 →