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1 Peter 2:12 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Unchecked Copy Box1 Peter 2:12 - Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
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Translations for 1 Peter 2:12
KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)
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.

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NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)
having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)
Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.[fn]

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NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)
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.

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ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[fn] so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

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NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)
Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may [fn]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God on the day of [fn]visitation.

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NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)
Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may [fn]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of [fn]visitation.

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LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)
by keeping your conduct excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing which they slander you as evildoers, they may [fn]because of your good works, as they observe them, glorify God in the DAY OF [fn]VISITATION.

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AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)
Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that [fn]for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God [fn]in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].

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NETNET (read chapter in NET)
and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

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RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)
Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)
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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YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)
having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

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DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)
having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)
Having your manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)
having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)
conversationem vestram inter gentes habentes bonam ut in eo quod detractant de vobis tamquam de malefactoribus ex bonis operibus considerantes glorificent Deum in die visitationis

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NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)
وَلْيَكُنْ سُلُوكُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ سُلُوكاً حَسَناً. فَمَعَ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَّهِمُونَكُمْ زُوراً بِأَنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ الشَّرَّ، فَحِينَ يُلاحِظُونَ أَعْمَالَكُمُ الصَّالِحَةَ يُمَجِّدُونَ اللهَ يَوْمَ يَفْتَقِدُهُمْ.

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MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)
τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔχοντες καλήν ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν ἐκ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων ἐποπτεύοντες δοξάσωσιν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς

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TRTR (read chapter in TR)
τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔχοντες καλήν ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν ἐκ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων ἐποπτεύσαντες δοξάσωσιν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς

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SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

وَأَنْ تَكُونَ سِيرَتُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ حَسَنَةً، لِكَيْ يَكُونُوا، فِي مَا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفَاعِلِي شَرّ، يُمَجِّدُونَ اللهَ فِي يَوْمِ الافْتِقَادِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الْحَسَنَةِ الَّتِي يُلاَحِظُونَهَا.

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RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)
Teniendo vuestra conversación honesta entre los Gentiles; para que, en lo que ellos murmuran de vosotros como de malhechores, glorifiquen á Dios en el día de la visitación, estimándoos por las buenas obras.

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RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)
manteniendo buena vuestra manera de vivir entre los gentiles; para que en lo que murmuran de vosotros como de malhechores, glorifiquen a Dios en el día de la visitación, al considerar vuestras buenas obras.

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BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)
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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CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)
你們在外邦人中、應當品行端正、叫那些毀謗你們是作惡的、因看見你們的好行為、便在鑒察的日子、〔鑒察或作眷顧〕歸榮耀給　神。

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EMEM (read chapter in EM)
Tened una conducta ejemplar entre los gentiles, para que en lo que ellos os calumnian como a malhechores, al ver vuestras buenas obras, glorifiquen a Dios en el día de la visitación.

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KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)
너희가 이방인 중에서 행실을 선하게 가져 너희를 악행한다고 비방하는 자들로 하여금 너희 선한 일을 보고 권고하시는 날에 하나님께 영광을 돌리게 하려 함이라

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LSLS (read chapter in LS)
Ayez au milieu des païens une bonne conduite, afin que, là même où ils vous calomnient comme si vous étiez des malfaiteurs, ils remarquent vos bonnes oeuvres, et glorifient Dieu, au jour où il les visitera.

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LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)
und führet einen guten Wandel unter den Heiden, auf daß die, so von euch afterreden als von Übeltätern, eure guten Werke sehen und Gott preisen, wenn es nun an den Tag kommen wird.

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RSTRST (read chapter in RST)
и провождать добродетельную жизнь между язычниками, дабы они за то, за что злословят вас, как злодеев, увидя добрые дела ваши, прославили Бога в день посещения.

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SESE (read chapter in SE)
y tened vuestra conversación honesta entre los gentiles; para que, en lo que ellos murmuran de vosotros como de malhechores, siendo testigos de sus buenas obras, glorifiquen a Dios en el día de la visitación, estimándoos.

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