1 Peter 2:12-14

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Peter 2:12 tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”
2. 1 Peter 2:12 tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.
3. 1 Peter 2:12 tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”
4. 1 Peter 2:12 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).
5. 1 Peter 2:13 tn Or “every human being”; Grk “every human creation,” denoting either everything created for mankind (NRSV mg: “every institution ordained for human beings”) or every creature who is human. The meaning of the verb “be subject” and the following context supports the rendering adopted in the text.
6. 1 Peter 2:14 tn Grk “those sent by him.”
7. 1 Peter 2:14 tn Grk “for the punishment…and the praise.”