Daily Wisdom: 1 Peter 2:12 (KJV)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

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.
— 1 Peter 2:12 (KJV)

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Illustration of 1 Peter 2:12 (KJV) — 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.

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