I Peter 2:12
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Peter 2:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God ‘at the time when he will visit them.’
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
indem ihr euren Wandel unter den Nationen ehrbar führet, auf daß sie, worin sie wider euch als Übeltäter reden, aus den guten Werken, die sie anschauen, Gott verherrlichen am Tage der Heimsuchung.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Teniendo vuestra conversación honesta entre los Gentiles; para que, en lo que ellos murmuran de vosotros como de malhechores, glorifiquen á Dios en el día de la visitación, estimándoos por las buenas obras.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
e que tenhais um bom comportamento vosso entre os pagãos; para que, naquilo que de vós, como de malfeitores, falam mal, no dia da visitação glorifiquem a Deus por causa das vossas boas obras que virem.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Tende um bom comportamento entre os gentios; assim, se eles vos difamam como se fôsseis malfeitores, ao verem as vossas boas obras, glorifiquem a Deus no dia da Sua visitação.
📖 I Peter 2:12 in Context
10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12Having 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.
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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