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 also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Then Jeremiah spoke to 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 ye have heard.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee 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 herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:

And ye will 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 before what ye shall answer.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye 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 am a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee suffer me to speak to the people.

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

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

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; 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, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, depart for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

The hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to 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 ye have heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world 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 to the end.

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

With

While they behold your chaste manner of life coupled with fear.

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

General references

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.