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1 Peter 2:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Peter 2:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
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].
Be Subject To Human Institutions For The Lord’s Sake
13 Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake— whether to a king as being superior,
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- 1 Peter 2:11 Or, resident aliens.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or, commendable, praiseworthy.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Or, criminals (in living as Christians).
- 1 Peter 2:12 That is, the day when God visits them with salvation or judgment; or, the day when they judge you.
1 Peter 2:11-13
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1 Peter 2:11-13
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D) 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(E) and glorify God(F) on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(G) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
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