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 thy testimonies even before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Then said Jeremiah unto the rulers and to all the people, "The LORD hath sent me to preach against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, an said, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we ought not to consent unto thee in this matter. For why?

Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, "As for me I am neither prophet, nor prophet's son: but a keeper of cattle. Now as I was breaking down mulberries, and going after the cattle,

And ye shall be brought to the head rulers and kings for my sake, in witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Let it stick therefore fast in your hearts, not once to study before, what ye shall answer for yourselves:

Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, said unto them, "Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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

But Paul said, "I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no vile city, I beseech thee suffer me to speak unto the people."

"Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear mine answer which I make unto you."

Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.

and one that can suffer the evil in meekness, and can inform them that resist - if that God at any time will give them repentance for to know the truth -

A reason

Now therefore stand still, and let me reason with you before the LORD, of all the righteousnesses of the LORD which he showed both you and your fathers.

And so though your sins be like to purple, they shall be made as white as snow; and though they be as red as scarlet, they shall be made like white wool.

Stand at your cause, sayeth the LORD, and bring forth your strongest ground, counseleth the King of Jacob.

And as he preached of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; Felix trembled, and answered, "Thou hast done enough at this time: depart. When I have a convenient time, I will send for thee."

The hope

Blessed be God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which through his abundant mercy begat us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death,

for the hope's sake which is laid up in store for you in heaven, of which hope ye have heard before by the true word of the gospel,

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

But Christ, as a son, hath rule over the house, whose house we are, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of that hope, unto the end.

Wherefore, let us leave the doctrine pertaining to the beginning of a Christian man, and let us go unto perfection, and now no more lay the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

while they behold your pure conversation coupled with fear.

and one that can suffer the evil in meekness, and can inform them that resist - if that God at any time will give them repentance for to know the truth -

General references

The sluggard thinketh himself wiser than seven men that sit and teach.