Key Verse Spotlight
1 Peter 3:15 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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: {fear: or, reverence}”
1 Peter 3:15
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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: {fear: or, reverence}
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.
For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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