What does 1 Peter 3:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
1 PETER 3:16 katalalei/sqe {A} Although the shorter reading katalalei/sqe is supported chiefly by Egyptian (Alexandrian) witnesses, including î72 B Y 614 copsa Clement, it is to be preferred on trans...
Verse 16. _HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE_] The testimony of God in your own soul, that in simplicity and godly sincerity you have your conversation in the world. See on the term _conscience_ at the end of...
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE - That is, a conscience that does not accuse you of having done wrong. Whatever may be the accusations of your enemies, so live that you may be at all times conscious of uprig...
IV. THE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING CHAPTER 3:10-4:19 _ 1. The comfort in suffering (1 Peter 3:10)_ 2. Few saved as illustrated by Noah's preaching (1 Peter 3:18) 3. The new life...
This short and simple section deals with the wider relations of the Christian disciple to his fellow-disciples and to the world. It is an expansion of Christ's teaching in the Golden Rule. It is clear...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
A GOOD CONSCIENCE. See Acts 23:1. WHEREAS. in (App-104.) what. SPEAK EVIL. Greek. _katalaleo._ See James 4:11. EVILDOERS. See 1 Peter 2:12. BE ASHAMED. See 1 Peter 2:6. FALSELY ACCUSE. calumniate...
_having a good conscience_ We note once more the reproduction by St Peter of one of St Paul's favourite phrases (Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:19). Stress is laid on this condition...
Such is God’s prescribed method for those who desire to see good days. 13 If only you zealously devote yourselves to what is good my injunction not to requite evil with evil will be almost unnecessar...
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A GOOD CONSCIENCE;— This may be called the _breast-plate_ of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14. _—Hic murus aheneus esto, Nil conseire sibi.———_ Be this thy brazen bulwark of defence, Still to preserve...
V. SUFFERING AND THE GLORIES TO FOLLOW 3:134:19 _1. Proper Conduct When Suffering For Righteousness 3:13-17_ 1 Peter 3:13-14 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?...
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. HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE - the spring of...
VERSE 16. HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE. By doing what a good conscience approves, we have a good conscience. This good conscience God approves. To keep or hold fast such a conscience is accomplished by n...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
3:16 which (e-10) See Note m, ch. 2.12. conversation (f-25) See Note o, ver. 1....
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to tea...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE. — This strikes the key-note of the paragraph. How vigorously St. Peter repeats it! “Zealous for that which is good,” “for righteousness’ sake,” “_sanctify_ the Lord,” “with m...
CHAPTER 10 THEY WHO BLESS ARE BLESSED 1 Peter 3:8 THE Apostle now ceases from his special admonitions, and enforces generally such qualities and conduct as must mark all who fear the Lord. "Finally,...
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN BEARING INJUSTICE 1 Peter 3:13 It was said of Archbishop Cranmer that the way to make him a life-long friend was to do him some disservice, and surely these words of the Apostle...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
SUFFERING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG REASONS Where the New King James puts "followers of what is good, the A.S.V. puts "if ye be zealous of that which is good." More than just a follower, this individual is...
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; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE LORD AND THE HEART_ ‘Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.’ 1 Peter 3:15 In the days of Isaiah, the people of Israel were in imminent peril among many foes, and the prophet would have them to...
16_With meekness _This is a most necessary admonition; for unless our minds are endued with meekness, contentions will immediately break forth. And meekness is set in opposition to pride and vain oste...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE,.... Meaning not the faculty of the conscience itself, which is naturally evil, and defiled with sin, and is only made good by the sanctification of the Spirit, and the sprink...
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. Ver. 16. _Having a good conscience_] Which y...
_But if you_ should _suffer_ If any should be so wicked as to endeavour to harm you when you are doing good; if your heathen rulers, or any others, should persecute you for righteousness' sake; that i...
A GOOD CONSCIENCE; one that is enlightened, whose dictates you follow, and whose approbation you enjoy. THEY; the wicked. GOOD CONVERSATION; consistent life. So great is human wickedness that men wi...
The Christians as followers and defenders of good:...
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
_ 1 Peter 3:16 ‘and keep. good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.'_ ‘AND KEEP. GOOD CONSCIENCE' -‘keep'-pres...
14-22 We sanctify God before others, when our conduct invites and encourages them to glorify and honour him. What was the ground and reason of their hope? We should be able to defend our religion wit...
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE; this may be read either: 1. Indicatively, and joined (as by some it is) to the former verse; and then the sense is: If ye be always ready to answer every one that asketh you...
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‘Having a good conscience; that, wherein you are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ, for it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you s...
The injunctions on the subject of the blamelessness of conduct by which Christians should be distinguished in their political, civil, and domestic relations, are now succeeded by a train of exhortatio...
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE (συνειδησιν εχοντες αγαθην). Present active participle of εχω. See 1 Peter 2:18 for συνειδησιν and 1 Peter 3:21 for συνειδησις αγαθη again ("a quasi-personification," Hart)...
1 Peter 3:16 The Conscience of a Christian. The more consistent a Christian is with his Lord's example, or, which is really the same thing practically, the loftier his ideal of duty, the more he mus...
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; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: World...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
BUT DO IT. "Whether you are asked to explain your hope by some person or a court of law, do it with gentleness and respect! By doing this, those who accuse Christians of evil conduct will be made asha...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:15 Believers should always be ready to provide a reason for their faith. They should do so kindly and engagingly. If they keep a GOOD CONSCIENCE because their behavior is cor...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 Peter 3:15. LORD GOD.—Probably better, “Lord Christ.” “To sanctify Christ or God was to count His name as holy above all other names, His fear as the only fear which...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man f...
1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 3:1; 1 Peter 3:2; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:2;...
Having a good conscience [σ υ ν ε ι δ η σ ι ν ε χ ο ν τ ε ς α γ α θ η ν]. The position of the adjective shows that it is used predicatively : having a conscience good or unimpaired. Compare Hebrews 13...
Having a good conscience — So much the more beware of anger, to which the very consciousness of your innocence may betray you. Join with a good conscience meekness and fear, and you obtain a complete...
Here our apostle adds his advice to Christians, that they silence and put to shame their adversaries, by their holy conversation, together with their rational disputations: he bade them in the former...