1 Peter 2:15
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
World English Bible Classic
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 to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
Psalms 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
Matthew 7:26Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Romans 1:21Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Ephesians 6:6not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as 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 →