1 Peter 2:12

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.

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  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
  • Titus 2:7-8 : 7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine [showing] uncorruptness, gravity, 8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters: 16 but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way [aright] Will I show the salvation of God.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • Rom 15:9 : 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
  • Acts 15:14 : 14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
  • Acts 24:5-6 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
  • Acts 24:13 : 13 Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
  • Gen 13:7-8 : 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
  • 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 In like manner, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; 2 beholding your chaste behavior [coupled] with fear.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
  • 2 Cor 13:7 : 7 Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--
  • Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;

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