1 Peter 2:12
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.
注釈
Study Note
'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' — the verse introduces 1 Peter's strategy for social engagement: honorable conduct as apologetic and missional witness. The 'day of visitation' (hēmera episkopēs) draws on the Old Testament's divine inspection of communities (Isaiah 10:3; Ezekiel 9:1), here applied to the eschatological moment when even those who slandered Christians will recognize the divine reality in their lives. The social logic is counter-intuitive: honor in the face of unjust accusations is the most effective apologetic, allowing the behavior itself to speak when verbal defense is unavailable or counterproductive. The verse belongs to 1 Peter's sustained exhortation to diaspora Christians about how to inhabit hostile social environments with integrity and witness (2:11–3:17).
他の翻訳
having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
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