1 Peter 2:12
New American Standard Bible
12 (A)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they (B)slander you as evildoers, they may [a]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, (C)glorify God (D)on the day of [b]visitation.
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- 1 Peter 2:12 Or as a result of
- 1 Peter 2:12 I.e., Christ’s coming again in judgment
1 Peter 2:12
New International Version
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.
1 Peter 2:16
New American Standard Bible
16 Act as (A)free people, and [a]do not use your freedom as a [b]covering for evil, but use it as (B)bond-servants of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 Lit not having
- 1 Peter 2:16 I.e., a way to conceal
1 Peter 2:16
New International Version
16 Live as free people,(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(B) live as God’s slaves.(C)
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