Quotes related to 1 Peter 2:12
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
— Francis Chan
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
— Henry David Thoreau
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
— Abraham Lincoln
How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.
— Henry Blackaby
I went for years not finishing anything because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.
— Erica Jong
How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.
— Mother Teresa
Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.
— Eugene Peterson
Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world.
— Gordon Fee
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
— Epictetus
Could someone look at your life or look at my life and name me a Christian? A humbling thought for sure.
— Chris Tomlin
Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is clear from our Lord's prayer that He does not intend for us to withdraw from contact with the world of non-Christians (John 17:15). Instead, He said we are to be 'the salt of the earth' and 'the light of the world' (Matthew 5:13-14).
— Jerry Bridges