1 Peter 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

And be

A reason

The hope

Hebrews 6:1

With

1 Peter 3:2

2 Timothy 2:25

General references

Proverbs 26:16

Bible References

And be

And I will speak in thy testimonies before kings, and I shall not be ashamed.

And Jeremiah will say to all the chiefs and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words which ye heard.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego answered, and saying to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we need not to turn back to thee upon this word.

And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores.

And ye shalt be brought before leaders and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

Set therefore in your hearts, not to practise beforehand to justify yourselves:

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men.

And Paul said, I am truly a man a Jew, a Tarsean of Cilicia, a citizen of no undistinguished city: and I beseech of thee to give way for me to speak to the people.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence to you.

Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.

In meekness instructing them being in a contrary state; lest perhaps God may give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth;

A reason

And now, stand ye, and I will judge you before Jehovah, all the justices of Jehovah which he did with you and with your fathers.

Come now we will confute together Jehovah will say: if your sins shall be as deep scarlet, they shall be white as snow; if they shall be red as crimson, they shall be as wool.

Bring near your cause, Will say Jehovah; draw near your strong defences, will the king of Jacob say:

And he discoursing of justice, and temperance, and judgment about to be, Felix being terrified, answered, Having now, go; having taken time, I will recall thee.

The hope

Praised the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, by the rising up of Jesus Christ from the dead,

By the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news;

In hope of eternal life, (which God, not false, promised before eternal times;

And Christ as a son over his house: whose house are we, if we should hold freedom of speech and the boast of hope firm to the end.

Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, we should go on to perfection; not again laying down the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

Having beheld in fear your pure turning back.

In meekness instructing them being in a contrary state; lest perhaps God may give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth;

General references

The slothful one is wise in his eyes more than seven turning back a reason.