1 Peter 2:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 1 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Conduct yourselves properly (honorably, righteously) among the Gentiles, so that, although they may slander you as evildoers, [yet] they may by witnessing your good deeds [come to] glorify God in the day of inspection [when God shall look upon you wanderers as a pastor or shepherd looks over his flock].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² Live honorably among the unbelievers. Today, they defame you, as if you were doing evil. But in the day when God visits to judge they will glorify him, because they have observed your honorable deeds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works, which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:12 Cross References

Psalm 37:14

1 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.

Psalm 50:23

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Isaiah 10:3

1 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

Daniel 6:4

2 And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.

Matthew 10:25

3 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:11

9 He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:16

4 Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.

Matthew 9:8

6 And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fullness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

Luke 1:68

6 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

Luke 19:44

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

Luke 6:22

0 Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

John 13:31

LET not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me.

Acts 15:14

2 Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company, and to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren.

Acts 24:13

1 Except it be for this one voice only that I cried, standing among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead am I judged this day by you.

Acts 25:7

5 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests, and the ancients of the Jews, came unto me, desiring condemnation against him.

Acts 28:22

0 And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging; and he received all that came in to him,

Romans 12:17

Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

Romans 13:13

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

Romans 14:18

For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

Romans 15:9

8 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

1 Corinthians 14:25

4 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.

2 Corinthians 1:12

1 Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God:

2 Corinthians 13:7

And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia.

2 Corinthians 8:21

Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings.

Ephesians 2:3

2 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and without God in this world.

Ephesians 4:22

1 Let all bitterness, and anger, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be put away from you, with all malice.

Philippians 1:27

Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Philippians 4:8

7 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.

1 Timothy 2:2

1 Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.

1 Timothy 4:12

But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God, and continue in supplications and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy 5:10

9 Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 13:18

My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;

Hebrews 13:5

4 For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.

James 3:13

Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God.

1 Peter 2:15

4 Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.

1 Peter 3:16

For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and unlawful worshipping of idols.

1 Peter 4:11

The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

2 Peter 3:11

For the life was manifested; and we have seen and do bear witness, and declare unto you the life eternal, which was with the Father, and hath appeared to us:

Ruth 3:14

Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.