1 Peter 2:15

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,

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  • 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In all thinges giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward you.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.
  • Eph 6:6-7 : 6 Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, as naturall brute beasts, led with sensualitie and made to be taken, and destroyed, speake euill of those things which they know not, and shal perish through their owne corruption,
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these speake euill of those thinges, which they know not: & whatsoeuer things they know naturally, as beasts, which are without reason, in those things they corrupt them selues.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.
  • Matt 7:26 : 26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand:
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 Because that when they knewe God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankefull, but became vaine in their thoughtes, and their foolish heart was full of darkenesse.
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the trueth, to whome Iesus Christ before was described in your sight, and among you crucified?
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
  • Matt 25:2 : 2 And fiue of them were wise, & fiue foolish.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 When before I was a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppresser: but I was receiued to mercie: for I did it ignorantly through vnbeliefe.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For wee our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, liuing in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, and hating one another:
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Doe ye so rewarde the Lorde, O foolish people and vnwise? is not he thy father, that hath bought thee? he hath made thee, and proportioned thee.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 The foolish shal not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

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    12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

    13Therefore submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be vnto the King, as vnto the superiour,

    14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of euill doers, and for the praise of them that doe well.

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    16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

    17Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.

    18Seruaunts, be subiect to your masters with all feare, not onely to the good and courteous, but also to the froward.

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    15But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence,

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    7In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

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    14As obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:

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    6Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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    1Pvt them in remembrance that they bee subiect to the Principalities and powers, and that they bee obedient, and ready to euery good woorke,

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    38And if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

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    5That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good & subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

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    17Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.

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    14Do all things without murmuring and reasonings,

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    17And now brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your gouernours.

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    24But the seruant of ye Lord must not striue, but must be gentle toward all men, apt to teache, suffering the euill,

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    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

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    15Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.

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    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

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    2That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

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    10But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.

    11Let the woman learne in silence with all subiection.

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    1Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

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    3For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,

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    2While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.

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    2That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, & in patience:

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    5And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

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    17That the man of God may be absolute, being made perfect vnto all good workes.