1 Peter 2:12

12Live 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.

12Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may 2:12 Or as a result ofbecause of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God on the day of 2:12 I.e., Christ’s coming again in judgmentvisitation.

12Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of I.e. Christ’s coming again in judgmentvisitation.

12Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that 2:12 Lit in that which.for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God 2:12 Another view interprets this as the day when the wicked are judged by God.in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].

12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

12People who don’t believe might say you are doing wrong. But lead good lives among them. Then they will see your good deeds. And they will give glory to God on the day he comes to judge.