Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Falsely

General references

Bible References

Whereas

1 Peter 2:12
which war against the soul, Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Titus 2:8
that he who is on the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

Falsely

Matthew 5:11
Happy are ye when men shall revile and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

Good

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may, without the word, be won by the conversation of the wives,

General references

Acts 24:13
Nor can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. But this I confess unto thee,