1 Peter 2:15
because thus it is the will of God, that doing good you should put to shame the ignorance of the ignorant people:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.
Cross References
Matthew 7:26And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Romans 1:21because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Ephesians 6:6not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the soul;
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 →