1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of Aloha, that by your comely works you may shut the mouth of fools who know not Aloha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
Matthew 7:26And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a man who built his house upon sand.
Romans 1:21For when they knew Aloha, they did not as Aloha glorify him and praise him, but became vain in their imaginations, and their heart was darkened, that they understood not.
Ephesians 6:6not in the sight of the eyes, as if you were pleasing men (only), but as the servants of Meshiha who do the will of Aloha.
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 →