14 aBut even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. b“And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”
15 But1 sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always abe ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the bhope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
16 ahaving a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring1 us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
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Definitions of words in 1 Peter 3:16:
As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Ashamed {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Conduct {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Conscience {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Conscience {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Good {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Revile {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Christ {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Christ {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing 1 Peter 3:16:
Persecution {I.S.B.E.}
Peter, The First Epistle Of {I.S.B.E.}
Salvation {I.S.B.E.}
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