1 Peter 2:15
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For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
In other translations
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Greek words
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- Titus 2:8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 1 Peter 2:12Having 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.Conduct 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 7:26And 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:But 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 5:18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
- Jeremiah 4:22For 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.“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 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Romans 1:21Because 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.For 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 2:12But 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;These 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.
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