1 Peter 2:12

keeping your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God on the day of his visitation.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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 Context

11Beloved, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against your soul,

13Therefore, be subject to every human institution for the sake of the Lord, whether to the king as supreme

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Cross References

Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before others in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:25It is sufficient for a disciple to be like his teacher and for a servant to be like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

Luke 6:22Blessed are you when others hate you, when they exclude you, reproach you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:5-13

The Living Stone; Cautions against Sensuality. ( a. d. 66.) 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is… Read the whole commentary →

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