1 Peter 2:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Peter 2:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Peter 2:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Peter 2:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.”
1 Peter 2:12 — World English Bible
1 Peter 2:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
1 Peter 2:12 — American Standard Version
1 Peter 2:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.”
1 Peter 2:12 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Peter 2:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.”
1 Peter 2:12 — Darby Translation
1 Peter 2:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.”
1 Peter 2:12 — Geneva Bible
1 Peter 2:12 in Context — 1 Peter 2
10 vous qui autrefois n’étiez pas un peuple, et qui maintenant êtes le peuple de Dieu, vous qui n’aviez pas obtenu miséricorde, et qui maintenant avez obtenu miséricorde.
11 Bien-aimés, je vous exhorte, comme étrangers et voyageurs sur la terre, à vous abstenir des convoitises charnelles qui font la guerre à l’âme.
12 Ayez au milieu des païens une bonne conduite, afin que, là même où ils vous calomnient comme si vous étiez des malfaiteurs, ils remarquent vos bonnes œuvres, et glorifient Dieu, au jour où il les visitera.
13 Soyez soumis, à cause du Seigneur, à toute autorité établie parmi les hommes, soit au roi comme souverain,
14 soit aux gouverneurs comme envoyés par lui pour punir les malfaiteurs et pour approuver les gens de bien.
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What Does 1 Peter 2:12 Mean?
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