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1 Peter 2:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For so is the will of God, thatl with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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Titus 2:8• ⁸healthy speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil to say concerning us: (Titus 2:8)

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1 Peter 4:2• ²no longer to live the rest of time in flesh to men's lusts but to God's will. (1 Peter 4:2)

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Eph. 6:6‑7• ⁶not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,
⁷with good-will doing service as to the Lord and not to men; (Eph. 6:6‑7)

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1 Thess. 4:3• ³For this is [the] will of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; (1 Thess. 4:3)

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1 Thess. 5:18• ¹⁸in everything give thanks, for this [is] God's will in Christ Jesus toward you. (1 Thess. 5:18)

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1 Peter 2:12• ¹²having your behaviour comely among the Gentiles; that in what they speak against you as evil-doers, they, as observing, may from your comely works glorify God in [the] day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)

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Job 5:16• ¹⁶So there is hope to the poor,{HR}And iniquity shutteth her mouth. (Job 5:16)

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Psa. 107:42• ⁴²The upright shall see and rejoice;{HR}And all iniquity shall stop its mouth. (Psa. 107:42)

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Titus 2:8• ⁸healthy speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil to say concerning us: (Titus 2:8)

the ignorance.

1 Tim. 1:13• ¹³though before I was a blasphemer and persecutor and doer of outrage. But I had mercy shown me because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief; (1 Tim. 1:13)

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2 Peter 2:12• ¹²But these, as irrational animals born by nature for capture and destruction, speaking evil in what things they are ignorant, shall also perish in their corruption, (2 Peter 2:12)

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Jude 10• ¹⁰But these rail at whatever things they know not; but whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves. (Jude 10)

foolish.

Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite Jehovah,{HR}Foolish and unwise people?{HR}Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?{HR}Hath he not made thee and established thee?{HR} (Deut. 32:6)

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Job 2:10• ¹⁰But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. Ay! shall we receive the good from God himself, and shall we not receive the evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (Job 2:10)

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Psa. 5:5• ⁵The proud shall not stand before thine eyes:{HR}Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (Psa. 5:5)

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Prov. 9:6• ⁶Forsake follies and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding. (Prov. 9:6)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Matt. 7:26• ²⁶And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand; (Matt. 7:26)

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Matt. 25:2• ²And five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. (Matt. 25:2)

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Rom. 1:21• ²¹Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened. (Rom. 1:21)

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Gal. 3:1• ¹O senseless Galatians! who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed among you as crucified? (Gal. 3:1)

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Titus 3:3• ³For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another. (Titus 3:3)

• The true and comely answer to the spiteful hatred of the world is a godly course of living. (“1 Peter 2:13-17” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless menn;

JND Translation Notes

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"Senseless men" has the article here, as showing that it is not "some men who are foolish," but that men (not Christians) are so, are known in that character. It is the character of all who are pointed out by the name of "men." It is somewhat wider than "Gentiles," ver. 12.

W. Kelly Translation

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Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senselessa men;

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Here it may be noticed that "senseless" is not limited to such as reviled Christ as evil doers. For the apostle really speaks of men as a whole, and declares the race as such senseless. The phrase imports nothing less.