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 before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

Settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense;

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

But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men.

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

"Brethren and fathers, hear my defense 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 each one.

in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,

A reason

And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

The hope

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times,

but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

With

having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:

in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,