<p>2:12 <i>Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honourable- </i>It would seem that the cash strapped exiles were not behaving as honestly as they might as they lived amongst the Gentiles of Turkey.</p><p><i>So that when they speak against you as evildoers, they</i><i> may see your good deeds and glorify God- </i>Peter, like Paul, seems to have expected the Lord's coming very soon. He reasons that the Gentiles observing them may be persuaded by their good deeds, so that when Christ comes, they would glorify God and accept the Lord then. This principle is valuable for us in this age.</p><p><i>On the day of visitation- </i>The &ldquo;day of <i>visitation</i>&rdquo; is coming for us all (1 Pet. 2:12). The Greek is related to the word describing how after the denials, Christ turned and <i>looked</i> upon Peter (Lk. 22:61). This was for him his day of judgment, which we must all pass through. He called down Divine curses <i>upon himself</i> if he knew Jesus of Nazareth- and thus brought the curse of God upon himself (the record of his cursing and swearing refers to this rather than to the use of expletives). This was for him his day of judgment, which we must all pass through.&nbsp;</p>