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10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; the ones not having received-mercy, but now having received-mercy.

Beloved, Keep Your Conduct Praiseworthy In The World So That God May Be Glorified

11 Beloved, I exhort you as foreigners[a] and pilgrims to be abstaining from fleshly desires which wage-war against the soul, 12 holding your conduct good[b] among the Gentiles in order that in what they are speaking-against you as evil-doers[c], they may by observing your good works glorify God on the day of visitation[d].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:11 Or, resident aliens.
  2. 1 Peter 2:12 Or, commendable, praiseworthy.
  3. 1 Peter 2:12 Or, criminals (in living as Christians).
  4. 1 Peter 2:12 That is, the day when God visits them with salvation or judgment; or, the day when they judge you.

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