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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Ayez au milieu des païens une bonne conduite, afin que, là même où ils vous calomnient comme si vous étiez des malfaiteurs, ils remarquent vos bonnes oeuvres, et glorifient Dieu, au jour où il les visitera.
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.
Polycarp
Epistula ad Philippenses
μ συβιεξτι εστοτξ, ξονϝερσατιονεμ ϝεστραμ ιρρεπρενσιβιλεμ ηαβεντες ιν γεντιβυς, υτ εχ βονις οπεριβυς I Pet. 2, 12 ϝεστρις ετ ϝος λαυδεμ αξξιπιατις ετ δομινυς ιν ϝοβις Is. 52. νον βλασπηεμετυρ. Ωαε αυτεμ, περ #3υεμ νομεν δομινι βλασπηεματυρ. σοβριξτατεμ εργο δοξετξ ομνες, ιν #3υα…
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