10 who once were not a people, but now are the people of God, the ones who were not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.[a]

11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your[b] soul, 12 maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 Peter 2:10 This verse contains quotations from Hos 1:6, 9; 2:23
  2. 1 Peter 2:11 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(A) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(B) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(C) to abstain from sinful desires,(D) which wage war against your soul.(E) 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(F) and glorify God(G) on the day he visits us.

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