1 Peter 2:15

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Summary

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:

So

With

The ignorance

1 Timothy 1:13

2 Peter 2:12

Jude 1:10

Foolish

General references

Genesis 30:29

Joshua 1:16

Bible References

So

That no more to the eager desires of men, but to the will of God, should he live the remaining time in the flesh.

Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul:

For this is the will of God, your consecration, that ye should keep away from fornication:

In every thing return thanks: for this the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

With

Having your turning back good in the nations: that, in what they speak against you as doing evil, from good works, they having beheld, might praise God in the day of inspection.

And hope will be to the poor one, and iniquity contracted her mouth.

The upright shall see and be glad, and all iniquity shall shut her mouth.

The word sound, not to be condemned; that he from the opposite may be changed, having nothing bad to say of you.

The ignorance

Being before slandering, expelling, and an abuser: but I was commiserated, because I did, not knowing, in unbelief.

But these, as natural irrational living creatures, having been for catching and destroying, defaming in what things they are ignorant of; and shall be destroyed in their corruption;

And these truly what things they know not they defame: and what things naturally, as irrational animals, they know, in these they corrupt themselves.

Foolish

To Jehovah will ye recompense this, A people foolish and not wise? He thy father: did he not buy thee? He made thee, and he will protect thee.

And he will say to her, According to the word of one of the foolish women thou wilt speak. Shall we also receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this. Job sinned not with his lips.

The foolish shall not stand before thine eyes: thou hatedst all working vanity.

Forsake ye the foolish, and live; and go straight in the way of understanding.

For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not

And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand.

And five of them were discerning, and five foolish.

Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened.

O Unwise Galatians, who has cast a spell upon you, not to obey the truth, to whom before the eyes Jesus Christ was written beforehand, crucified in you?

For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.

General references

And he will say to him, Thou. knewest what I served thee, and what was thy cattle with me.

And they will answer Joshua, saying, All which thou didst command us, we will do, and where thou shalt send us, we will go.