1 Peter 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
1 Peter 2:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Peter 2:1226 words
τὴνtēnthe
ἀναστροφὴνanastrophēnconversation
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ἐνenabout, after, against
τοῖςtoisthe
ἔθνεσινethnesinGentile, heathen, nation
ἔχοντεςechonteshave
καλήνkalēnfair, good(-ly), honest
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
ἐνenabout, after, against
ᾧhōwho / which
καταλαλοῦσινkatalalousinspeak against (evil
of)
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
κακοποιῶνkakopoiōnevil-doer, malefactor
ἐκekfrom / out of
τῶνtōnthe
καλῶνkalōnfair, good(-ly), honest
ἔργωνergōnwork / deed
ἐποπτεύοντεςepopteuontesbehold
δοξάσωσιdoxasōsi(make) glorify(-ious), full of (have) glor…
τὸνtonthe
θεὸνtheonGod
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἡμέρᾳhēmeraage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
ἐπισκοπῆςepiskopēsthe office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visi…
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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