Anastrophe denotes a person's manner of life, whether urged as honorable or recalled as former and corrupt.

The occurrences describe a person's manner of life as visible conduct: it may be urged as holy, honorable, pure, or exemplary, while other contexts recall a former life or the lawless practice that oppressed Lot.

1. A person's manner of life and conduct · dominant

   The noun names the conduct to be kept honorable among the Gentiles in 1 Peter 2:12 and the wives' conduct through which disobedient husbands may be gained in 1 Peter 3:1. In 1 Timothy 4:12 the dative singular stands within the list in which a young believer is to be an example, while Galatians 1:13 and Ephesians 4:22 look back to a former manner of life; 2 Peter 2:7 places it in the lawless debauchery that oppressed Lot.

   1 Peter 2:121 Peter 3:11 Timothy 4:12Galatians 1:13Ephesians 4:222 Peter 2:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the noun as "conduct," "behavior," "way of life," and "debauchery" in its wider clauses. These renderings reflect the differing verse contexts, though the translation does not identify a word-for-word correspondence.