1 Peter 2:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁰Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

Live as Servants of God

¹¹Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. ¹²Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honourable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.^[a]

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1 Peter 2:12 Gk God on the day of visitation

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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