For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
1 Peter 2:15
Surrounding context
2:14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
2:15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
2:16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.