1 Peter 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ For it is God's will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Submit to them because it’s God’s will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men,

1 Peter 2:15 Cross References

1 Peter 3:17

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

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.

Matthew 7:26

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”

2 Peter 2:12

These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,

Romans 1:21

for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Proverbs 9:6

Lay aside immaturity and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Jude 1:10

But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and they are destroyed by those things that, like irrational animals, they know by instinct.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness stops its mouth.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Psalm 5:5

The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Job 5:16

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

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father who created you, who made you and established you?

1 Peter 3:16

yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.