1 Peter 2:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι οὕτως ἐστὶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀγαθοποιοῦντας φιμοῦν τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν:

Transliteration

Hoti houtōs estin to thelēma tou Theou, agathopoiountas phimoun tēn tōn aphronōn anthrōpōn agnōsian:

Grammar Details

• *Hoti*: conjunction - because/for
• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/so
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *to thelēma*: noun with article, neuter singular nominative - the will
• *tou Theou*: noun with article, masculine singular genitive - of God
• *agathopoiountas*: present active participle, masculine plural accusative - doing good
• *phimoun*: present active infinitive - to silence/muzzle
• *tēn agnōsian*: noun with article, feminine singular accusative - the ignorance
• *tōn aphronōn*: adjective with article, masculine plural genitive - of foolish
• *anthrōpōn*: noun, masculine plural genitive - of men/people

Word Meanings

• *houtōs*: thus/so/in this way
• *thelēma*: will/desire/pleasure
• *agathopoiountas*: doing good/well-doing
• *phimoun*: to silence/muzzle/put to silence
• *agnōsian*: ignorance/lack of knowledge
• *aphronōn*: foolish/senseless/unwise

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For so is the will of God, that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• 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:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.
• 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
• 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
• Titus 2:8 : 8 Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
• Eph 6:6-7 : 6 Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.
• 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.
• Jude 1:10 : 10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
• Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright see this and rejoice, but all wickedness shuts its mouth.
• Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
• Matt 7:26 : 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
• Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes, Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
• Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied, 'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
• Matt 25:2 : 2 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, your Creator, the One who made you and established you?
• Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
• Ps 5:5 : 5 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You.