1 Peter 2:15 - English Majority Text Version For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men-- Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: Common English Bible 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 For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: |
And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
Because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, or give thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed publicly among you as crucified?
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication,
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
I, who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I was shown mercy because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,
sound speech that cannot be condemned, in order that the one who is an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.
having a good conscience, so that in what they speak against you as evildoers, those reviling your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.
that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
But these, as unreasoning natural animals, having been born for capture and destruction, blaspheme at things which they are ignorant of, and shall be destroyed in their destruction,
But these speak blasphemously of those things which they do not know; but what they do know naturally, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed by these things.