1st Peter Chapter 2 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV 1stPeter 2:15

For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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BBE 1stPeter 2:15

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:
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DARBY 1stPeter 2:15

Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
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KJV 1stPeter 2:15

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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WBT 1stPeter 2:15


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WEB 1stPeter 2:15

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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YLT 1stPeter 2:15

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. The Gentiles speak against the Christians as evil-doers; they are to put their accusers to silence by well-doing; this is to be their answer rather than indignant self-vindication. The Greek word rendered "put to silence" (φιμοῦν) means literally "to muzzle" (comp. Matthew 22:12; Mark 4:39; 1 Corinthians 9:10). The word for "ignorance" (ἀγνωσία) occurs, besides this passage, only in 1 Corinthians 15:34, where it evidently means "culpable, self-caused ignorance." The word for "foolish" (ἄφρων) is a strong one - it means "senseless" (comp. 1 Corinthians 15:36). Here it has the article, "the foolish men," i.e. those "who speak against you as evil-doers."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) For so is the will of God.--This refers to the command contained in the last two verses, which then is further explained by the clause which follows, "that with well-doing." See a very similar construction in 1Thessalonians 4:3. The "well-doing" of this and the last verse bears the most general sense of good conduct, not the special sense noticed on the "fair works" and "fair life" of 1Peter 2:12.Put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.--A very contemptuous expression, the word for "put to silence" being the same as in 1Corinthians 9:9; 1Timothy 5:18, to "muzzle" or "gag," implying that there is something of the animal about these "foolish men." The same contempt appears in each word of the clause, even down to "men," which might be rendered "people" or "creatures." The word for "ignorance" implies a stolid and wilful ignorance, and is so used by heathen authors, as well as very markedly in the only other place in the New Testament, 1Corinthians 15:34. "Foolish," too, contains moral reprobation, Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; 1Corinthians 15:36. suggesting thoughtlessness rather than senselessness. The definite article is also used in the Greek (as in 2Thessalonians 3:2), and again seems to indicate that St. Peter had some particular enemies in view who had brought the charges. This accusation was evidently one of a political nature; and, indeed, history shows us that the hostility of the empire to the faith was entirely based on the corporate nature of the Christian religion. They would not have minded the cultus, but they could not tolerate the Church. Pliny distinctly says in his letter to Trajan, that it was in consequence of Trajan's issuing an order against het?ri? or societies, that he was led to contend with the Christians in Bithynia. . . .