1 Peter 3:15 BSB — MannaFest

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,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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:

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

LETTERS 40.8 (444)

The one who decides to do this is not doing anything new, nor is he making up some new explanation. Rather he is making clear to those who ask him what his faith in Christ is all about.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts - Have an holy fear, and a full trust in his wise providence. The hope - Of eternal life. With meekness - For anger would hurt your cause as well as your soul.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There may be a good reason given for religion; it is not a fancy but a rational scheme revealed from heaven, suited to all the necessities of miserable sinners, and centering entirely in the glory of God through Jesus Christ. Thirdly, Every Christian is bound to answer and apologize for the hope that is in him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts - In Isaiah Isa 8:13 this is, “sanctify the Lord of hosts himself;” that is, in that connection, regard him as your Protector, and be afraid of him, and not of what man can do. The sense in the passage before us is, “In your hearts, or in the affections of the soul, regard the Lord God as holy, and act toward him with that confidence which a proper respect for one so great and so holy demands.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This refutes Rome's dogma, "I believe it, because the Church believes it." Credulity is believing without evidence; faith is believing on evidence. There is no repose for reason itself but in faith.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κύριον	kurion	[As] Lord	G2962 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστὸν	Christon	Christ	G5547 →
ἁγιάσατε	hagiasate	do sanctify	G37 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
καρδίαις	kardiais	hearts	G2588 →
ὑμῶν.¶	humōn	of you.	G4771 →
Ἕτοιμοι	Hetoimoi	ready	G2092 →
ἀεὶ	aei	always	G104 →
πρὸς	pros	for	G4314 →
ἀπολογίαν	apologian	a defense	G627 →
παντὶ	panti	to everyone	G3956 →
τῷ	tō	who	G3588 →
αἰτοῦντι	aitounti	is asking	G154 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
λόγον	logon	an account	G3056 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ἐλπίδος,	elpidos	hope,	G1680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Mark 9:50
  Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Proverbs 15:4
  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 15:7
  The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
Through
1 Peter 3:2
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:12
  Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- 1 Peter 1:15
  But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Philippians 1:27
  Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…