1 Peter 3:15
Instead, exalt the Messiah" as Lord in your lives. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you to explain the hope you have.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
Isaiah 29:23
For when he sees in his midst his children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Numbers 20:12
But the LORD rebuked Moses and Aaron, telling Moses: "Because you both didn't believe me, because you didn't consecrate me as holy in the presence of the Israelis, you won't be the ones to bring this congregation into the land that I'm about to give them."
1 Samuel 12:7
Now stand up and I'll pass judgment on you in light of the LORD's righteous acts that he did for you and your ancestors.
Psalm 119:46
Then I will speak of your decrees before kings and not be ashamed.
Isaiah 1:18
"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is exalted in justice, and the Holy God proves himself to be righteously holy.
Isaiah 41:21
"Put forward your case!" says the LORD. "Submit your arguments!" says Jacob's King.
Jeremiah 26:12-16
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people: "The LORD has sent me to prophesy all the things you heard against this house and against this city.
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, "It's not necessary for us to respond in this matter.
Amos 7:14-17
Amos replied in answer to Amaziah, "I am no prophet, nor am I a prophet's son, for I have been shepherding and picking the fruit of sycamore trees.
Matthew 10:18-20
You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.
Luke 21:14-15
So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time,
Acts 4:8-12
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, told them, "Rulers and elders of the people!
Acts 5:29-31
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!
Acts 21:39-5
Paul replied, "I'm a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Please let me speak to the people."
Acts 24:25
As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."
Colossians 1:5
based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospel
Colossians 1:23
However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,
Titus 1:2
which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.
Hebrews 3:6
but the Messiah was faithful as the Son in charge of God's household, and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about the Messiah, let us continue to be carried along to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead actions, faith toward God,
Hebrews 6:18-19
so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, from the dead
1 Peter 1:17
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
1 Peter 3:2
when they see your pure and reverent lives.
1 Peter 3:4
Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.
Numbers 27:14
because in the wilderness of Zin, when the community rebelled, you rebelled against my command to treat me as holy before their eyes in regards to the Meribah Springs in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin."
Colossians 1:27
to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.