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,
Cross References
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
Proverbs 22:21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Isaiah 8:12"Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
2 Timothy 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one's work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
Treasury of Scripture
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
sanctify.
Numbers 20:12
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Numbers 27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
and be.
Psalm 119:46
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Jeremiah 26:12-16
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard…
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter…
a reason.
1 Samuel 12:7
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 41:21
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
the hope.
1 Peter 1:3,4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, …
Colossians 1:5,23,27
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; …
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
with.
1 Peter 3:2,4
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear…
2 Timothy 2:25,26
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; …
fear.
