1 Peter 2:12

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¹⁰ Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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.

¹³ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

¹⁴ Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

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ÅB: så dere lar deres ferd iblant hedningene være god, for at de mens de baktaler dere som ugjerningsmenn, kan se deres gode gjerninger og for deres skyld prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.
OTB: Hold deres ferd god blant hedningene, for at de, når de baktaler dere som ugjerningsmenn, kan ved å se deres gode gjerninger, prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.
B1930: så I lar eders ferd iblandt hedningene være god, forat de mens de baktaler eder som ugjerningsmenn, kan se eders gode gjerninger og for deres skyld prise Gud på besøkelsens dag.

BSB: Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: having your⁺ conduct among the Gentiles good, so that wherein which they speak against you⁺ as evildoers, out of having witnessed the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

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1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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Titus 2:7–8
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
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Philippians 2:15–16
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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2 Corinthians 8:21
Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
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1 Thessalonians 4:12
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
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