Adam Clarke, on 1Pet 2:15

“For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”

“For so is the will of God - God, as their supreme governor, shows them that it is his will that they should act uprightly and obediently at all times, and thus confound the ignorance of foolish men, who were ready enough to assert that their religion made them bad subjects. The word φιμουν, which we translate put to silence, signifies to muzzle, i.e., stop their mouths, leave them nothing to say; let them assert, but ever be unable to bring proof to support it.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.