1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
Tyndale 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 fre and not as havinge the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26And whosoever heareth of me these sayinges and doth the not shalbe lykened vnto a folysh man which bilt hys housse apon the sonde:
Romans 1:21in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.
Ephesians 6:6not with service in the eye sight as men pleasars: but as the servautes of Christ doynge the will of God from the herte
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 →