1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
KJV
ὅτι οὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀγαθοποιοῦντας φιμοῦν τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν·
Greek NT
quia sic est voluntas Dei, ut benefacientes obmutescere faciatis imprudentium hominum ignorantiam :
Vulgate
For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
ASV
For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
φιμόω
phimoo
verb · 8×
ἀγαθοποιέω
agathopoieo
verb · 9×
ἀγνωσία
agnosia
noun · 2×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄφρων
aphron
adjective · 11×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1899The authority required by the moral order derives from God: "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment."17
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- 1Pet 3:16 — Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
- 1Pet 3:17 — For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- 1Pet 3:17 — For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
- 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- 1Thess 5:18 — In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- 1Thess 5:18 — In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- 2Pet 2:12 — But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- Col 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Col 3:23 — And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
- Eph 6:6 — Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
- Gal 3:1 — O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
- Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Gen 30:29 — And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
- Isa 5:16 — But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Jude 1:10 — But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
- Mark 7:22 — Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Matt 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 7:26 — And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- Matt 25:2 — And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
- Prov 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
- Ps 5:5 — The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
- Ps 107:42 — The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- Rom 1:21 — Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Titus 2:8 — Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
- Titus 2:8 — Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.