1 Peter 2:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

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  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.
  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • Titus 2:7-8 : 7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour, 8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Rom 15:9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
  • Acts 15:14 : 14 Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
  • Acts 24:5-6 : 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes: 6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
  • Acts 24:13 : 13 And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.
  • Gen 13:7-8 : 7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land. 8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
  • 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives, 2 When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.
  • 2 Cor 13:7 : 7 Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

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