1Pet 2:12 Cross References

1 Peter 2:12

12: Be careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe and give honor to God when he comes to judge the world.

Matthew 5:16

  1. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

1 Peter 3:16

  1. But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

Philippians 2:15

  1. so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them.
  2. Hold tightly to the word of life, so that when Christ returns, I will be proud that I did not lose the race and that my work was not useless.

2 Corinthians 8:21

  1. We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to know we are honorable.

Titus 2:7

  1. And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
  2. Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us.

Philippians 1:27

  1. But whatever happens to me, you must live in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ, as citizens of heaven. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the Good News.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

  1. As a result, people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others to meet your financial needs.

1 Timothy 4:12

  1. Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Romans 13:13

  1. We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy.

1 Timothy 2:2

  1. Pray this way for kings and all others who are in authority, so that we can live in peace and quietness, in godliness and dignity.

2 Corinthians 1:12

  1. We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.

1 Peter 4:14

  1. Be happy if you are insulted for being a Christian, for then the glorious Spirit of God will come upon you.
  2. If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people's affairs.
  3. But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his wonderful name!

James 3:13

  1. If you are wise and understand God's ways, live a life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. And if you don't brag about the good you do, then you will be truly wise!

Romans 12:17

  1. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable.

Psalms 50:23

  1. But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God."

Ephesians 4:22

  1. throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception.

Philippians 4:8

  1. And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Matthew 5:11

  1. "God blesses you when you are mocked and persecuted and lied about because you are my followers.

2 Peter 3:11

  1. Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living!

Hebrews 13:18

  1. Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.

Hebrews 13:5

  1. Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you."

Romans 15:9

  1. And he came so the Gentiles might also give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: "I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

Genesis 13:7

  1. So an argument broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.
  2. Then Abram talked it over with Lot. "This arguing between our herdsmen has got to stop," he said. "After all, we are close relatives!

Matthew 10:25

  1. The student shares the teacher's fate. The servant shares the master's fate. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, how much more will it happen to you, the members of the household!

Isaiah 10:3

  1. What will you do when I send desolation upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe?

Luke 19:44

  1. They will crush you to the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you have rejected the opportunity God offered you."

Psalms 37:14

  1. The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.

1 Peter 4:11

  1. Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

Acts 15:14

  1. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself.

Matthew 9:8

  1. Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen right before their eyes. They praised God for sending a man with such great authority.

Ephesians 2:3

  1. All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.

2 Corinthians 13:7

  1. We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. We pray this, not to show that our ministry to you has been successful, but because we want you to do right even if we ourselves seem to have failed.

Acts 24:13

  1. These men certainly cannot prove the things they accuse me of doing.

Luke 6:22

  1. God blesses you who are hated and excluded and mocked and cursed because you are identified with me, the Son of Man.

Luke 1:68

  1. "Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited his people and redeemed them.

1 Corinthians 14:25

  1. As they listen, their secret thoughts will be laid bare, and they will fall down on their knees and worship God, declaring, "God is really here among you."

Acts 25:7

  1. On Paul's arrival in court, the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem gathered around and made many serious accusations they couldn't prove.

Acts 24:5

  1. For we have found him to be a troublemaker, a man who is constantly inciting the Jews throughout the world to riots and rebellions against the Roman government. He is a ringleader of the sect known as the Nazarenes.
  2. Moreover he was trying to defile the Temple when we arrested him.

1 Peter 3:1

  1. In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Good News. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over
  2. by watching your pure, godly behavior.
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