1 Peter 2:11-12 

¹¹ Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, ¹² and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

How is conduct measured ... from within or from without?

Is it seen by strangers ... the faces in the crowd?

Is it seen by everyone ... who is living just about?

The ones, who see you day by day ... who know you pound for pound?

The battle that rages daily ... and wars against the soul

is it the enemy without ... or is the traitor deep within?

Lust and greed and who knows what ... are boiling and foaming

tossing up the question ... “Oh! How to conquer sin?”