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

I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:

And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer:

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

But Paul said, I am a man who is a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech you, allow me to speak unto the people.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear you my defense which I make now unto you.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man.

In meekness instructing those that oppose them; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

A reason

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Produce your case, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.

And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go your way for this time; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you.

The hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages began;

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto maturity; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

While they behold your chaste behavior coupled with fear.

In meekness instructing those that oppose them; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

General references

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that can answer reasonably.