1 Peter 2:11-12
Christian Standard Bible
A Call to Good Works
11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles(A) to abstain(B) from sinful(C) desires that wage war against the soul.(D) 12 Conduct(E) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[a] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.(F)
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- 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
1 Peter 2:11-12
Lexham English Bible
11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your[a] soul, 12 maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.
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- 1 Peter 2:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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