1 PETER 2:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us — the paradox is striking: virtuous conduct may provoke accusation from those hostile to the faith ('revilers,' katalaleō), yet the good works themselves may ultimately lead to glorification of God and conversion. The future day of 'visitation' (episkopē) suggests the eschatological or historical vindication of believers' virtue.
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