1 Peter 2:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.
  • Eph 6:6-7 : 6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart; 7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
  • Matt 7:26 : 26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
  • Job 2:10 : 10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
  • Matt 25:2 : 2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:12-14
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    12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

    13 Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

    14 And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

  • 1 Pet 2:16-21
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    16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

    17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

    18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

    19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

    20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

    21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

  • 1 Pet 3:15-17
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    15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

    16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

    17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

  • Titus 2:7-10
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    7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

    10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • 1 Tim 2:2-3
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    2 For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.

    3 This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • Titus 3:1-2
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    1 Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

    2 To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

  • 1 Cor 14:38
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    38 But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.

  • Titus 2:5
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    5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

  • Phil 2:14-15
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    14 Do all things without protests and arguments;

    15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • 1 Pet 3:9-10
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    9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

    10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

  • Acts 3:17
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    17 And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

  • 2 Tim 2:24-25
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    24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

    25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

  • 1 Pet 4:15-16
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    15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

    16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

  • 2 Thess 1:5
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    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

  • 2 Tim 2:15
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    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

  • Col 3:22
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    22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

  • 1 Tim 2:10-11
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    10 But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

    11 Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

  • Rom 13:3
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    3 For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

  • 1 Thess 4:3
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    3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

  • 1 Pet 3:2
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    2 When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.

  • Titus 2:2
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    2 That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

  • 2 Tim 3:17
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    17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.