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 Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers and to all the people, saying, Jehovah 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 return a word to you on this matter.

Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son. But I was a herdsman and a gatherer from sycamore trees.

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

Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer.

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

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

But Paul said, I am a man, a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no small city. And I beseech you, allow me to speak to the people.

Men, brothers and fathers! Hear my defense now to you.

Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,

A reason

And now stand still, so that I may reason with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which He did to you and to your fathers.

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

Bring near your cause, says Jehovah; bring out your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the Judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go for this time, but taking time later, I will call for you.

The hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us again to a living hope through 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,

on hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

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

Therefore, having left the discourse of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to full growth, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

having witnessed your chaste behavior in the fear of God.

in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,

General references

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a reason.