1 Peter 3:15
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,
Note BYZ and TR But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. This sentence may also be included with the quotation from the previous verse; see Isaiah 8:13.
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:
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,
but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- sanctify
- Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 29:23
- and be
- Psalm 119:46; Jeremiah 26:12–16; Daniel 3:16–18; Amos 7:14–17; Matthew 10:18–20; Luke 21:14, 15; Acts 4:8–12; Acts 5:29–31; Acts 21:39, 40; Acts 22:1, 2–5; Colossians 4:6; 2 Timothy 2:25
- a reason
- 1 Samuel 12:7; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 41:21; Acts 24:25
- the hope
- 1 Peter 1:3, 4; Colossians 1:5, 23, 27; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 6:1, 18, 19
- with
- 1 Peter 3:2, 4; 2 Timothy 2:25, 26