15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
15 It is God's will that by doing good, you might cure the ignorance of the fools who think you're a danger to society.
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
15 It is God's will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Peter 2:15
Commentary on 1 Peter 2:13-17
(Read 1 Peter 2:13-17)
A Christian conversation must be honest; which it cannot be, if there is not a just and careful discharge of all relative duties: the apostle here treats of these distinctly. Regard to those duties is the will of God, consequently, the Christian's duty, and the way to silence the base slanders of ignorant and foolish men. Christians must endeavour, in all relations, to behave aright, that they do not make their liberty a cloak or covering for any wickedness, or for the neglect of duty; but they must remember that they are servants of God.