Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you
For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes f
Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only he
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relatio
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, no
Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, wha
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been cal
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzi
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will yo
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, beca
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will b
Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of t
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly am
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they c