1 Peter 2:12

A Call To Good Works

¹¹ Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul. ¹² 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. ¹³ Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the supreme authority,

Among the Nations

Be Careful

Day of Judgment

Glorify God

Glory to God

Good Deeds

Good Works

Praise God

Bring Judgment

When He Comes

O God

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Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

1 Peter 3:16

and keep a clear conscience, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Luke 19:44

and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."

2 Corinthians 8:21

for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belongs the glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.

Matthew 9:8

When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

Luke 1:68

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Acts 15:14

Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.

Acts 24:5-6

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 24:13

Neither can they prove to you the charges they are now making against me.

Acts 25:7

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil, but have regard for what is noble in the sight of all.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Romans 15:9

and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name";

1 Corinthians 14:25

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with holiness and godly sincerity, not in worldly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and still more toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:7

Now we pray to God that you may not do wrong, not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may seem to have failed.

Ephesians 2:3

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;

Philippians 1:27

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Philippians 2:15-16

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anyone.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one look down on your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Titus 2:7-8

Show yourself in all respects an example of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, seriousness,

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you."

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

1 Peter 3:1-2

You wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without a word by the behavior of their wives,

1 Peter 4:14-16

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,