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For so is the will of God, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men”
For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
For it is the will of God that by doing right you may silence (muzzle, gag) the [culpable] ignorance and irresponsible criticisms of foolish people.
For it is God’s will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
Submit to them because it’s God’s will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
For it is God’s will that your doing good should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.
Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
Because thus is the will of God, that while doing-good you may be silencing the ignorance of foolish people.
For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
When you do good, you stop ignorant people from saying foolish things about you. This is what God wants.
God wants you to do only what is good. Then silly people will not be able to say bad things against you. Those people do not really know what is true.
For this is God’s will: that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
[L For; Because] It is ·God’s desire [L the will of God] that by doing good you should ·stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you [L silence the ignorant talk of foolish people].
For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men.
God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
For God wants you to silence the ignorant talk of foolish people by the good things you do.
For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
So when you do good, you stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. This is what God wants.
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
Obey every man-made authority for the Lord’s sake—whether it is the emperor, as the supreme ruler, or the governors whom he has appointed to punish evil-doers and reward those who do good service. It is the will of God that you may thus silence the ill-informed criticisms of the foolish. As free men you should never use your freedom as an excuse for doing something that is wrong, for you are at all times the servants of God. You should have respect for everyone, you should love our brotherhood, fear God and honour the emperor.
For this is the will of God, that in well doing ye may silence the ignorance of vain men,
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
For such is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
For the will of God is as follows: by doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
It is God’s will that your good lives should silence those who foolishly condemn the Gospel without knowing what it can do for them, having never experienced its power.
Make the Master proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; they are God’s emissaries for keeping order. 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. Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government.
For it is the will of God that by doing right you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
For this is the will of God: by doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people.
For such is the will of God, that by doing right you silence the ignorance of foolish people.
For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
For it is the will of God that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of fools.
It is God’s desire that by doing good you should stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you.
For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
By doing good you will put a stop to the talk of foolish people. They don’t know what they are saying.
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
This is what God wants. When you do right, you stop foolish men from saying bad things.
It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
For so is the will of God, so that you put to silence the ignorance of foolish men –
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
This, you see, is God’s will. He wants you to behave well and so to silence foolish and ignorant people.
For it is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d) that you, by acting as anshei tzedek, may silence the lack of da’as (knowledge) of the kesilim (the foolish people).
For such is the will of God: that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
For it is God’s will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
For this is God’s will, that you silence the ignorance of foolish men by doing good.
You see, it is God’s will that by doing what is right and good you should hush the gabbing ignorance of the foolish.
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
That is what God wants you to do. He wants you to do good things. By doing good things, you will stop foolish people from saying wrong things about you. They say wrong things about you because they do not know you.
For so is the will of God, that ye do well, and make the unknowingness of unprudent men to be dumb. [For so is the will of God, that ye doing well, make the unknowingness of unwise men to be dumb.]
because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;
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