1 Peter 2:15 “For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignoran…”

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

World English Bible

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

American Standard Version

For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Geneva Bible 1599

For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

Darby Translation

Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

Young's Literal Translation

because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

Bible in Basic English

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

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Cross references

“so”

1 Thessalonians 5:18 1 Thessalonians 4:3 1 Peter 4:2 Ephesians 6:6 Ephesians 6:7

1 Thessalonians 5:18 · BSB

Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 · BSB

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

1 Peter 4:2 · BSB

Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Ephesians 6:6 · BSB

And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Ephesians 6:7 · BSB

Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,

“with”

Titus 2:8 1 Peter 2:12 Psalm 107:42 Job 5:16

Titus 2:8 · BSB

and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

1 Peter 2:12 · BSB

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

Psalm 107:42 · BSB

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Job 5:16 · BSB

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

“the ignorance”

2 Peter 2:12 1 Timothy 1:13 Jude 1:10

2 Peter 2:12 · BSB

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

1 Timothy 1:13 · BSB

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Jude 1:10 · BSB

These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

“foolish”

Matthew 7:26 Proverbs 9:6 Jeremiah 4:22 Job 2:10 Romans 1:21 Titus 3:3

Matthew 7:26 · BSB

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Proverbs 9:6 · BSB

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Job 2:10 · BSB

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Romans 1:21 · BSB

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Also

1 Peter 3:17

1 Peter 3:17 · BSB

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

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