It is enough for a disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call his household members!
1 Peter 2:12 - English Majority Text Version having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
It is enough for a disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call his household members!
"Blessed are you whenever they revile you, and they persecute you, and they say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
Thus let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and they may glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Now when the crowds saw, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
and they will level you to the ground, and your children with you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the season of your visitation."
Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.
Simon has declared how God first visited them to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.
But I confess this to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing in all things which are written throughout the Law and in the Prophets,
When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
But we request to hear from you the things which you think; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."
Repay no one evil for evil; providing that which is good before all men.
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelries and drinking bouts, not in orgies and debaucheries, not in strife and jealousy.
For he that serves Christ in these things is well pleasing to God and approved by men.
and that the Gentiles might glorify God on behalf of His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to Your name."
And so the secrets of his heart become clear; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, reporting that God is truly among you!
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.
Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is honorable, though we may be as reprobates.
having regard for honorable things, not only before the Lord, but also before men.
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.
that you put off, concerning your former way of life, the old man which is being corrupted according to the deceitful lusts,
Only conduct yourselves worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,
Finally, brothers, as many things as are true, as many as are honorable, as many as are just, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely--if there is any virtue and if there is any praise--meditate on these things.
in order that you may walk decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing.
on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Let no one despise your youth, but become a pattern for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
being witnessed by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live commendably.
Let your way of life be without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"
Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are in meekness of wisdom.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men--
having a good conscience, so that in what they speak against you as evildoers, those reviling your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
If anyone speaks, let him speak as the utterances of God. If anyone serves, let him serve as from strength, as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
Therefore, seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,