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

1 Peter 2:12

Titus 2:8

The ignorance

1 Timothy 1:13

2 Peter 2:12

Jude 1:10

Foolish

Titus 3:3

Bible References

So

that ye may no longer live the remaining time in the flesh after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

not with eyeservice as menpleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

With

having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is opposed to us may be put to shame, having no evil thing to say of us.

The ignorance

though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a doer of outrage; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;

but these, as brute beasts, by nature born to be taken and destroyed, railing at things which they understand not, shall even perish in their own corruption,

But these rail at the things which they know not; but what things they understand naturally, as brute beasts, in these they corrupt themselves.

Foolish

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

And five of them were foolish, and five wise.

Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you? before whose eyes Jesus Christ was plainly set forth among you crucified.

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.