Seemly (καλην). Predicate adjective with αναστροφην, for which see 1:15,18. The Gentiles are on the watch for slips in moral condu…

Having your conversation honest. Your conduct. (See Barnes on Philippians 1:27).

That is, lead upright and consistent live…

Conversation: A favourite word with St. Peter, occurring (substantive and verb) seven times in this Epistle, and three times in th…

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation hones…

Instead, Christians are to have a “noble lifestyle” among the pagans. The purposes of the godly life of Christians are twofold. (1) As the pagans t…

Your conversation The second part of the exhortation is that they should conduct themselves honestly toward men. What indeed precedes this…

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles
To have the conversation honest, is to provide things honest in t…

Even the best of people, the chosen generation, the people of God, need to be exhorted to keep from the worst sins. And fleshly lusts are most dest…