Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.
so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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.”
and tear you down 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.”
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 Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land. Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
But 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, though we may seem to have failed.
the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.
Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove.
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