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.
What does 1 Peter 2:12 mean?
Even the best of men, the chosen generation, the people of God, need to be exhorted to keep from the worst sins. And fleshly lusts are most destructive to man's soul.
Key themes
HopeSuffering and trialsTruthExile
Read with
Keep this verse inside 1 Peter 2:11-12 and alongside a few nearby related passages.