Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - People who don’t believe might say you are doing wrong. But lead good lives among them. Then they will see your good deeds. And they will give glory to God on the day he comes to judge.
- 新标点和合本 - 你们在外邦人中，应当品行端正，叫那些毁谤你们是作恶的，因看见你们的好行为，便在鉴察（或作“眷顾”）的日子归荣耀给 神。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们在外邦人中要品行端正，好让那些人，虽然毁谤你们是作恶的，会因看见你们的好行为而在鉴察 的日子归荣耀给上帝。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们在外邦人中要品行端正，好让那些人，虽然毁谤你们是作恶的，会因看见你们的好行为而在鉴察 的日子归荣耀给 神。
- 当代译本 - 你们在异教徒当中要品行端正。这样，尽管他们毁谤你们是作恶的人，但看见你们的善行，也会在主来的日子把荣耀归给上帝。
- 圣经新译本 - 你们在教外人中，应当品行端正，使那些人，虽然毁谤你们是作恶的，但因为看见你们的好行为，就要在鉴察的日子颂赞 神。
- 中文标准译本 - 你们在外邦人中，要有良好的品行；这样，当他们诽谤你们是作恶之人的时候，因看到你们美好的行为，就在神 临到 的日子荣耀神。
- 现代标点和合本 - 你们在外邦人中应当品行端正，叫那些毁谤你们是作恶的，因看见你们的好行为，便在鉴察 的日子归荣耀给神。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 你们在外邦人中，应当品行端正，叫那些毁谤你们是作恶的，因看见你们的好行为，便在鉴察的日子 归荣耀给上帝。
- New International Version - Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
- English Standard Version - 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.
- New Living Translation - Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.
- Christian Standard Bible - Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
- New American Standard Bible - Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God on the day of visitation.
- New King James Version - having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- Amplified Bible - Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].
- American Standard Version - 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.
- King James Version - 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.
- New English Translation - and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
- World English Bible - having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- 新標點和合本 - 你們在外邦人中，應當品行端正，叫那些毀謗你們是作惡的，因看見你們的好行為，便在鑒察（或譯：眷顧）的日子歸榮耀給神。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們在外邦人中要品行端正，好讓那些人，雖然毀謗你們是作惡的，會因看見你們的好行為而在鑒察 的日子歸榮耀給上帝。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們在外邦人中要品行端正，好讓那些人，雖然毀謗你們是作惡的，會因看見你們的好行為而在鑒察 的日子歸榮耀給 神。
- 當代譯本 - 你們在異教徒當中要品行端正。這樣，儘管他們毀謗你們是作惡的人，但看見你們的善行，也會在主來的日子把榮耀歸給上帝。
- 聖經新譯本 - 你們在教外人中，應當品行端正，使那些人，雖然毀謗你們是作惡的，但因為看見你們的好行為，就要在鑒察的日子頌讚 神。
- 呂振中譯本 - 在外國人中間持守你們的好為人，使他們在毁謗你們為作惡的情形下、因親眼看見了 你們 的好行為、便在鑒察的日子歸榮耀於上帝。
- 中文標準譯本 - 你們在外邦人中，要有良好的品行；這樣，當他們誹謗你們是作惡之人的時候，因看到你們美好的行為，就在神 臨到 的日子榮耀神。
- 現代標點和合本 - 你們在外邦人中應當品行端正，叫那些毀謗你們是作惡的，因看見你們的好行為，便在鑒察 的日子歸榮耀給神。
- 文理和合譯本 - 於異邦宜正爾行、使素謗爾為惡者見之、則榮上帝於眷顧之日、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 爾在異邦、當善所為、異邦人素謗爾為惡、今察爾善行、迄上帝眷顧彼之日、彼自讚美上帝、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾於異邦人中、當舉動皆善、彼素謗爾為惡、既見爾之善行、則在眷顧之時、歸榮於天主、○
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 爾等與異邦人雜處、尤宜慎自檢點、勉立善表、務使謗爾者見爾善行、而頌揚天主於眷顧之日。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Mantengan entre los incrédulos una conducta tan ejemplar que, aunque los acusen de hacer el mal, ellos observen las buenas obras de ustedes y glorifiquen a Dios en el día de la salvación.
- 현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 이방인들 가운데서 선한 생활을 하십시오. 그러면 여러분이 악을 행한다고 비난하는 사람들이 여러분의 선한 행실을 보고 그들이 회개하는 날에 하나님께 영광을 돌리게 될 것입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Живите достойно среди язычников, чтобы те, кто клевещет на вас, называя вас злодеями, увидели бы ваши добрые дела и прославили Бога в День посещения.
- Восточный перевод - Живите достойно среди язычников, чтобы те, кто клевещет на вас, называя вас злодеями, увидели бы ваши добрые дела и прославили Всевышнего в день Его посещения.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Живите достойно среди язычников, чтобы те, кто клевещет на вас, называя вас злодеями, увидели бы ваши добрые дела и прославили Аллаха в день Его посещения.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Живите достойно среди язычников, чтобы те, кто клевещет на вас, называя вас злодеями, увидели бы ваши добрые дела и прославили Всевышнего в день Его посещения.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ayez une bonne conduite au milieu des païens. Ainsi, dans les domaines mêmes où ils vous calomnient en vous accusant de faire le mal, ils verront vos bonnes actions et loueront Dieu le jour où il interviendra dans leur vie .
- リビングバイブル - 異教徒の中でりっぱにふるまいなさい。そうすれば、今はあなたがたを疑いの目で見たり、非難したりしていても、やがてキリストが来られる時には、あなたがたのりっぱな行いを認めて、彼らは神をほめたたえるようになるでしょう。
- Nestle Aland 28 - τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔχοντες καλήν, ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν ἐκ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων ἐποπτεύοντες δοξάσωσιν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔχοντες καλήν, ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν, ἐκ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων ἐποπτεύοντες, δοξάσωσιν τὸν Θεὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Vivam entre os pagãos de maneira exemplar para que, mesmo que eles os acusem de praticar o mal, observem as boas obras que vocês praticam e glorifiquem a Deus no dia da intervenção dele .
- Hoffnung für alle - Lebt stattdessen so vorbildlich, dass die Menschen, die Gott nicht kennen, darauf aufmerksam werden. Durch euer Verhalten sollen selbst die überzeugt werden, die euch bösartig verleumden. Wenn sie dann aufgrund eurer guten Taten zur Einsicht kommen, werden sie Gott am Tag des Gerichts für ihre Rettung danken.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy thận trọng đối xử với bạn hữu chưa được cứu, để dù có lên án anh chị em, cuối cùng khi Chúa Giê-xu trở lại họ cũng phải ca ngợi Đức Chúa Trời vì nếp sống ngay lành của anh chị em.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จงดำเนินชีวิตให้ดีเมื่ออยู่ในหมู่ผู้ไม่นับถือพระเจ้า เพื่อแม้เขากล่าวหาว่าท่านทำผิด เขาก็จะเห็นการดีของท่านและถวายเกียรติแด่พระเจ้าในวันที่พระองค์เสด็จมาหาเรา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงรักษาความประพฤติอันดีของท่านไว้ให้มั่นในท่ามกลางคนนอก เพื่อว่าในกรณีที่เขาจะกล่าวหาว่าท่านประพฤติผิด เขาจะได้เห็นความดีของท่าน และจะได้สรรเสริญพระเจ้าในวันแห่งการพิพากษา
Cross Reference
- Ephesians 2:3 - At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us like he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were.
- Matthew 9:8 - When the crowd saw this, they were filled with wonder. They praised God for giving that kind of authority to a human being.
- Luke 6:22 - Blessed are you when people hate you, when they have nothing to do with you and say bad things about you, and when they treat your name as something evil. They do all this because you are followers of the Son of Man.
- 2 Corinthians 13:7 - I pray to God that you won’t do anything wrong. I don’t pray so that people will see that I have passed the test. Instead, I pray this so that you will do what is right, even if it seems I have failed.
- Acts 15:14 - Simon Peter has explained to us what God has now done. He has chosen some of the Gentiles to be among his very own people.
- Isaiah 10:3 - What will you do on the day when the Lord punishes you? On that day trouble will come from far away. Who will you run to for help? Who will you trust your riches with?
- Luke 1:68 - “Give praise to the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to his people and purchased their freedom.
- Acts 24:5 - “We have found that Paul is a troublemaker. This man stirs up trouble among Jews all over the world. He is a leader of those who follow Jesus of Nazareth.
- Acts 24:6 - He even tried to make our temple impure. So we arrested him.
- Acts 24:13 - They can’t prove to you any of the charges they are making against me.
- 1 Peter 3:1 - Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands. Suppose some of them don’t believe God’s word. Then let them be won to Christ without words by seeing how their wives behave.
- 1 Peter 3:2 - Let them see how pure you are. Let them see that your lives are full of respect for God.
- Acts 25:7 - When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many strong charges against him. But they couldn’t prove that these charges were true.
- 1 Corinthians 14:25 - The secrets of their hearts will be brought out into the open. They will fall down and worship God. They will exclaim, “God is really here among you!”
- Psalm 37:14 - Sinners pull out their swords. They bend their bows. They want to kill poor and needy people. They plan to murder those who lead honest lives.
- Genesis 13:7 - The people who took care of Abram’s herds and those who took care of Lot’s herds began to argue. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
- Genesis 13:8 - So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not argue with each other. The people taking care of your herds and those taking care of mine shouldn’t argue with one another either. After all, we’re part of the same family.
- 1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, they should do it as one speaking God’s words. If anyone serves, they should do it with the strength God provides. Then in all things God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Glory and power belong to him for ever and ever. Amen.
- Hebrews 13:5 - Don’t be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you. I will never desert you.” ( Deuteronomy 31:6 )
- Romans 15:9 - Jesus became a servant of the Jews. He did this so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy. It is written, “I will praise you among the Gentiles. I will sing the praises of your name.” ( 2 Samuel 22:50 ; Psalm 18:49 )
- Matthew 10:25 - It is enough for students to be like their teachers. And it is enough for slaves to be like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, what can the others who live there expect?
- Luke 19:44 - You didn’t recognize the time when God came to you. So your enemies will smash you to the ground. They will destroy you and all the people inside your walls. They will not leave one stone on top of another.”
- Matthew 5:11 - “Blessed are you when people make fun of you and hurt you because of me. You are also blessed when they tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.
- Psalm 50:23 - People who sacrifice thank offerings to me honor me. To those who are without blame I will show my power to save.”
- Philippians 4:8 - Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.
- 2 Peter 3:11 - So everything will be destroyed in this way. And what kind of people should you be? You should lead holy and godly lives.
- Hebrews 13:18 - Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way.
- Ephesians 4:22 - You were taught not to live the way you used to. You must get rid of your old way of life. That’s because it has been made impure by the desire for things that lead you astray.
- James 3:13 - Is anyone among you wise and understanding? That person should show it by living a good life. A wise person isn’t proud when they do good deeds.
- 1 Timothy 2:2 - Pray for kings. Pray for everyone who is in authority. Pray that we can live peaceful and quiet lives. And pray that we will be godly and holy.
- 1 Peter 4:14 - Suppose people say bad things about you because you believe in Christ. Then you are blessed, because God’s Spirit rests on you. He is the Spirit of glory.
- 1 Peter 4:15 - If you suffer, it shouldn’t be because you are a murderer. It shouldn’t be because you are a thief or someone who does evil things. It shouldn’t be because you interfere with other people’s business.
- 1 Peter 4:16 - But suppose you suffer for being a Christian. Then don’t be ashamed. Instead, praise God because you are known by the name of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 - Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.
- Romans 12:17 - Don’t pay back evil with evil. Be careful to do what everyone thinks is right.
- Romans 13:13 - Let us act as we should, like people living in the daytime. Have nothing to do with wild parties, and don’t get drunk. Don’t take part in sexual sins or evil conduct. Don’t fight with each other or be jealous of anyone.
- 1 Timothy 4:12 - Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:12 - Then unbelievers will have respect for your everyday life. And you won’t have to depend on anyone.
- Philippians 1:27 - No matter what happens, live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ. Then I will know that you remain strong together in the one Spirit. I will know this if I come and see you or only hear about you. I will know that you work together as one person. I will know that you work to spread the teachings about the good news.
- Titus 2:7 - Do what is good. Set an example for them in everything. When you teach, be honest and serious.
- Titus 2:8 - No one can question the truth. So teach what is true. Then those who oppose you will be ashamed. That’s because they will have nothing bad to say about us.
- 2 Corinthians 8:21 - We are trying hard to do what both the Lord and people think is right.
- Philippians 2:15 - Then you will be pure and without blame. You will be children of God without fault among sinful and evil people. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.
- Philippians 2:16 - You will shine as you hold on tight to the word of life. Then I will be able to boast about you on the day Christ returns. I can be happy that I didn’t run or work for nothing.
- 1 Peter 3:16 - Live so that you don’t have to feel you’ve done anything wrong. Some people may say evil things about your good conduct as believers in Christ. If they do, they will be put to shame for speaking like this about you.
- Matthew 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine so others can see it. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will bring glory to your Father who is in heaven.