1 Peter 3:15
but in your hearts consecrate Christ as Lord, being always ready to make your defence to any one who asks from you a reason for the hope which you cherish.
Colossians 4:6
Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.
Matthew 10:18-20
and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Luke 21:14-15
"Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,
Acts 4:8-12
Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied, "Rulers and Elders of the people,
Acts 5:29-31
Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.
Acts 21:39-5
"I am a Jew," replied Paul, "belonging to Tarsus in Cilicia, and am a citizen of no unimportant city. Give me leave, I pray you, to speak to the people."
Acts 24:25
But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
Colossians 1:5
on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.
Colossians 1:23
if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth
Titus 1:2
in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ was faithful as a Son having authority over God's house, and we are that house, if we hold firm to the End the boldness and the hope which we boast of as ours.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,
Hebrews 6:18-19
He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement--we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:17
And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your stay here on earth,
1 Peter 3:2
so full of reverence, and so blameless!
1 Peter 3:4
Instead of that, it should be a new nature within--the imperishable ornament of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which is indeed precious in the sight of God.
Colossians 1:27
to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'