¹² so that you may ^(A)walk properly before ^(B)outsiders and be dependent on no one.

^5 (A)Walk in wisdom toward ^(B)outsiders, making the best use of the time.

^12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(C)the day of visitation.

^17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil, but ^(B)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

⁷ Moreover, he must be well thought of by ^(A)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into ^(B)a snare of the devil.

^13 (A)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, ^(B)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, ^(C)not in quarreling and jealousy.

^16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, ^(B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷ For ^(C)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

¹¹ And he said to them, ^(A)“To you has been given ^(B)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for ^(C)those outside everything is in parables,

Wives and Husbands

3 Likewise, wives, ^(A)be subject to your own husbands, so that ^(B)even if some do not obey the word, ^(C)they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

⁸ and ^(A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, ^(B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. ^9 (C)Bondservants^[a] are to be submissive to their own masters ^(D)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, ¹⁰ not pilfering, ^(E)but showing all good faith, ^(F)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.