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:
For so is the will of God, that with well doing yee may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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- 1 Peter 3:17Rank 1 from verse 15
- 1 Peter 2:12Rank 3 from verse 15
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.
12Hauing your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that ‖whereas they speake against you as euill doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18Rank 4 from verse 15
- Matthew 7:26Rank 5 from verse 15
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3Rank 6 from verse 15
- Jeremiah 4:22Rank 7 from verse 15
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.
22For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me, they are sottish children, and they haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe good they haue no knowledge.
- Proverbs 9:6Rank 8 from verse 15
- 2 Peter 2:12Rank 9 from verse 15
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;
12But these, as natural bruit beasts made to bee taken and destroyed speake euill of the things that they vnderstand not, and shall vtterly perish in their owne corruption,
- Ephesians 6:6–7Rank 10 from verse 15
6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
6Not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart:
7With good will doing seruice, as to the Lord, and not to men,
10But 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.
10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
- Romans 1:21Rank 12 from verse 15
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.
21Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankefull, but became vaine in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened:
- 1 Peter 4:2Rank 13 from verse 15
- 1 Timothy 1:13Rank 14 from verse 15
- Psalms 107:42Rank 16 from verse 15
3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3For we our selues also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceiued, seruing diuers lusts and pleasures, liuing in malice and enuy, hatefull, and hating one another.
- Galatians 3:1Rank 18 from verse 15
1O 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?
1¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the trueth, before whose eyes Iesus Christ hath been euidently set forth, crucified among you?
- Matthew 25:2Rank 19 from verse 15
- Psalms 5:5Rank 20 from verse 15
- Deuteronomy 32:6Rank 22 from verse 15
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1 Peter 2:15
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The one true God.
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1. In a good, right, or sound manner. 2. A source of water.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.
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Lack of knowledge, awareness, or understanding; inadvertence.
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Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting or speaking without wisdom.
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2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:11Dearely beloued, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which warre against the soule,
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.
2:12Hauing your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that ‖whereas they speake against you as euill doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:13Submit your selues to euery ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be to the King, as supreme,
2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
2:14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of euil doers, and for the praise of them that doe well.
2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing yee may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Selected passage2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
2:16As free, and not †vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God.
2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
2:17‖Honour all men. Loue the brotherhood. Feare God. Honour the King.
2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
2:18Seruants, be subiect to your masters with al feare, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
2:19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
2:19For this is thanke-worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.
2:20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
2:20For what glory is it, if when yee be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently: but if when yee doe well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is ‖acceptable with God.
2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
2:21For euen hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for †vs, leauing vs an example, that yee should follow his steps.
2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
2:22Who did no sinne, neither was guile found in his mouth.
2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
2:23Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe; when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but ‖committed himselfe to him that iudgeth righteously.
2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
2:24Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his owne body ‖on the tree, that wee being dead to sinnes, should liue vnto righteousnesse, by whose stripes ye were healed.
2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
2:25For yee were as sheepe going astray, but are now returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.