1 Peter 2:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:17

You are better off to obey God and suffer for doing right than to suffer for doing wrong.

Titus 2:8

Use clean language that no one can criticize. Do this, and your enemies will be too ashamed to say anything against you.

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honor God by telling the good things they saw you do.

Matthew 7:26

Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex.

Jeremiah 4:22

I heard the Lord say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

2 Peter 2:12

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

Romans 1:21

They know about God, but they don't honor him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark.

Proverbs 9:6

If you want to live, give up your foolishness and let understanding guide your steps.”

Job 2:10

Job replied, “Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well.” In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God.

Jude 1:10

But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.

1 Peter 4:2

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him.

Psalm 107:42

You will see this because you obey the Lord, but everyone who is wicked will be silenced.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

Galatians 3:1

You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

Psalm 5:5

No one who boasts can stand in your presence, Lord, and you hate evil people.

Job 5:16

The poor are filled with hope, and injustice is silenced.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Israel, the Lord is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.

1 Peter 3:16

Give a kind and respectful answer and keep your conscience clear. This way you will make people ashamed for saying bad things about your good conduct as a follower of Christ.