1 Peter 2:12

and maintain good conduct ¹  among the non-Christians, ²  so that though ³  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ⁴ 

Ge 13:7,8; Ps 37:14; Ps 50:23; Mt 5:11; Mt 5:16; Mt 10:25; Lu 1:68; Lu 6:22; Lu 19:44; Ac 15:14; Ac 24:5,6,13; Ac 25:7; Ro 12:17; Ro 13:13; Ro 15:9; 1Co 14:25; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 8:21; 2Co 13:7; Eph 2:3; Eph 4:22; Php 1:27; Php 2:15,16; Php 4:8; 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 2:2; 1Ti 4:12; Tit 2:7,8; Heb 13:5; Heb 13:18; Jas 3:13; 1Pe 3:1,16; 1Pe 3:2; 1Pe 4:11; 1Pe 4:14-16; 2Pe 3:11

¹ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

² tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

³ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

⁴ tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).