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

Acts 24:25

The hope

Hebrews 6:1

With

1 Peter 3:2

2 Timothy 2:25

Bible References

And be

and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, that ye may bear testimony to them and to the gentiles.

Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate l beforehand what ye shall answer.

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

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

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus, a citizen of no mean city of Cilicia; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

Brethren and fathers, hear my defence, which I now make to you.

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

in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,

A reason

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix became alarmed, and answered, Go thy way for the present; and when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

The hope

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, begot us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,

but Christ as a son over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and joyousness of our hope.

Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

when they behold your chaste behavior coupled with fear.

in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,