15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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.
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:
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.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-25)The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of these distinctly. I. The case of subjects. Christians were not only reputed innovators in religion, but disturbers of the state; it was highly necessary, therefore, that the apostle should settle the ru…
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