1 Peter 3:15

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1 Peter 3:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

15 But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

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Isaiah 5:16

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

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For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Psalms 119:46

I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

Jeremiah 26:12

But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Jeremiah 26:13

So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 26:14

As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

Jeremiah 26:15

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

Jeremiah 26:16

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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

Daniel 3:17

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

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But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Amos 7:14

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Amos 7:15

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Amos 7:16

Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Amos 7:17

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

Matthew 10:18

On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:19

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

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For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Luke 21:14

So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

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For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 4:8

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

Acts 4:9

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

Acts 4:10

then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

Acts 4:11

This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

Acts 4:12

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Acts 5:29

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:30

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

Acts 5:31

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Acts 21:40

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“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

Acts 22:2

When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

Acts 22:5

as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Colossians 4:6

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1 Peter 1:3

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1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

Colossians 1:5

the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

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in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

Hebrews 6:18

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

1 Peter 3:2

when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

1 Peter 3:4

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

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Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.