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


In Context

12 Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works, which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;

14 Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good:

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

16 As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 Peter 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: