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1 Peter 3:13 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? "
1 Peter 3:13
Verse in Context
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Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be ➔ not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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:
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1 Peter 3:1
"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection 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;"
1 Peter 3:2
"While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear."
1 Peter 3:3
"Whose adorning let it ➔ not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;"
1 Peter 3:4
"But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."
1 Peter 3:5
"For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:"
1 Peter 3:6
"Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are ➔ not afraid with any amazement."
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