1 Peter 2:15

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…because the will of God is this: doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men,

Latin

…quia sic est voluntas Dei, ut benefacientes obmutescere faciatis imprudentium hominum ignorantiam:

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English

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

Notes

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).
Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).
Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders The Household

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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.

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