1 Peter 2:15

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

(ὅτι οὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀγαθοποιοῦντας φιμοῦν τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν)·

RP2018

Ὅτι οὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀγαθοποιοῦντας φιμοῦν τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν·

TR-Boyd

Ὅτι οὕτως ἐστὶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀγαθοποιοῦντας φιμοῦν τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν·

SCR1894

οτι ουτως εστιν το θελημα του θεου αγαθοποιουντας φιμουν την των αφρονων ανθρωπων αγνωσιαν

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• Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.
• 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
• 1 Peter 2:12Conduct 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.
• Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
• Jeremiah 4:22“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.”
• Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
• Job 2:10“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 1:21For 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.
• 2 Peter 2:12These 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.
• Ephesians 6:6–7And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,
• Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
• 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
• Jude 1:10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
• 1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

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