1 Petrus 2:12

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 

1 Petrus 4:11

4:11 Whoever speaks, let it be with ⁵  God’s words. ⁶  Whoever serves, do so with the strength ⁷  that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong ⁸  the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

1 Petrus 4:14

4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ⁹  who is the Spirit of God, ¹⁰  rests ¹¹  on you.

[2:12]  ¹ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ² tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ³ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  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).

[4:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “if anyone speaks – as God’s words.”

[4:11]  ⁶ tn Or “oracles.”

[4:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “if anyone serves – with strength…”

[4:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “is/are.”

[4:14]  ⁹ tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì⁷² B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.

[4:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

[4:14]  ¹¹ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.