 | John Brown - 1850 - 682 pages
...his worshippers and servants. The exhortation of the Apostle Peter, " Have your conversation 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," i expresses the same... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.), George Wilkinson - 1850 - 394 pages
...become good corn ; therefore have patience with them." — M. HENRY. " Have your conversation 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." 2 And again, " Ye wives,... | |
 | Margaret Diane LeCompte - 1850 - 540 pages
...also Peter, in warning his converts against fleshly lusts, adds — " 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."f It is with this view... | |
 | Ellen Gould Harmon White - 1911 - 656 pages
...and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation 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. ' ' The apostle plainly... | |
 | Rose B. Green - 1971 - 124 pages
...as stranger and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul, 12 Having your conversation good among the Gentiles:...may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's... | |
 | Kenneth Samuel Wuest - 1973 - 1046 pages
...and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, glorify God in the day of visitation" (I Peter 2:11, 12). Word Studies q THE WORDS... | |
 | David Martyn Lloyd-Jones - 1971 - 598 pages
...this world), abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 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 Pet. 2:11, 12).... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1990 - 356 pages
...the powers that be. Peter gives us clear instructions on this matter: Having your conversation 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. Submit yourselves to... | |
 | Paul V. Harrison, Robert E. Picirilli - 1992 - 384 pages
...pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 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. "Dearly beloved" translates... | |
 | Robert Frazier - 1994 - 84 pages
...whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." - In 1 Peter 2:12 He says, "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..." The above texts are just a very small sample... | |
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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles ; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which... 
