Agnosia denotes a lack of knowledge, portrayed as both ignorance of God and ignorance answered by doing good.

The two occurrences portray a lack of knowledge: in 1 Corinthians 15:34 it concerns some people’s lack of knowledge of God, while in 1 Peter 2:15 it is the condition that good conduct is said to muzzle.

1. Lack of knowledge in moral exhortation · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 15:34, the accusative singular form occurs in the warning to wake up rightly and not sin; the APB renders the clause, “some have no knowledge of God.” In 1 Peter 2:15, the same form occurs in the statement that doing good will muzzle the ignorance of foolish humans; the APB renders it “the ignorance of foolish humans.”

   1 Corinthians 15:341 Peter 2:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses as “no knowledge of God” in 1 Corinthians 15:34 and “the ignorance of foolish humans” in 1 Peter 2:15. These render the clauses rather than isolate the term mechanically.