1 Peter 2:12
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.1 Peter 2:12 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — પિતરનો પહેલો પત્ર ૨:૧૨
- વિદેશીઓમાં તમે પોતાનો વ્યવહાર સારો રાખો, કે જેથી તેઓ તમને ખરાબ સમજીને તમારી વિરુદ્ધ બોલે ત્યારે તમારાં સારાં કામ જોઈને તેઓ તેમના પુનરાગમનના દિવસે ઈશ્વરનો મહિમા કરે.
- हिन्दी — 1 पतरस २:१२
- अन्यजातियों में तुम्हारा चाल-चलन भला हो; इसलिए कि जिन-जिन बातों में वे तुम्हें कुकर्मी जानकर बदनाम करते हैं, वे तुम्हारे भले कामों को देखकर उन्हीं के कारण कृपादृष्टि के दिन परमेश्वर की महिमा करें। (मत्ती 5:16, तीतु. 2:7-8)
In context
10In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
12having 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.
13Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,
14or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
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