1 Peter 2:15

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:

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify 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, than for evil doing.
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
• Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
• Eph 6:6-7 : 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
• Jude 1:10 : 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
• Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
• Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Matt 7:26 : 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
• Rom 1:21 : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
• Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
• Matt 25:2 : 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
• Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Ps 5:5 : 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.