1 Peter 2:12

A Living Stone and a Holy People

¹² _n having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, _o they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 8:21
   Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
   Philippians 2:15
   That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
   Titus 2:8
   Sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
   1 Peter 2:15
   For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men -
   1 Peter 3:16
   Having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 5:16
   Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
   Matthew 9:8
   Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
   John 13:31
   So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
   1 Peter 4:11
   If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
   1 Peter 4:16
   Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.