1 Peter 3:16
Yet argue modestly and cautiously, keeping your consciences free from guilt, so that, when you are spoken against, those who slander your good Christian lives may be put to shame.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
17For it is better that you should suffer for doing right, if such be God's will, than for doing evil;
Cross References
Matthew 5:11"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.
Romans 9:1I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--
2 Corinthians 4:2Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
1 Timothy 1:19holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.
Titus 2:8and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.
Hebrews 13:18Keep on praying for us; for we are sure that we have clear consciences, and we desire to live nobly in every respect.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:9-16
Duties towards Friends and Enemies. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12… Read the whole commentary →