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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be readyu always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and κfear:

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Psa. 119:46• ⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; (Psa. 119:46)

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or, revrence.

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sanctify.

Num. 20:12• ¹²And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them. (Num. 20:12)

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Num. 27:14• ¹⁴because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, as to hallowing me in the matter of the water before their eyes. (That is the water of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) (Num. 27:14)

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Isa. 5:16• ¹⁶and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy *God hallowed in righteousness. (Isa. 5:16)

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Isa. 29:23• ²³for when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall hallow my name, and hallow the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. (Isa. 29:23)

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Psa. 119:46• ⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; (Psa. 119:46)

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Jer. 26:12‑16• ¹²And Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
¹³And now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
¹⁴But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes:
¹⁵only know for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
¹⁶And the princes and all the people said unto the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God. (Jer. 26:12‑16)

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Dan. 3:16‑18• ¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
¹⁷If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
¹⁸But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:16‑18)

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Amos 7:14‑17• ¹⁴And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
¹⁵And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
¹⁶And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not words against the house of Isaac.
¹⁷Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land. (Amos 7:14‑17)

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Matt. 10:18‑20• ¹⁸and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.
²⁰For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you. (Matt. 10:18‑20)

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Luke 21:14‑15• ¹⁴Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,
¹⁵for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist. (Luke 21:14‑15)

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Acts 4:8‑12• ⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
⁹if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,
¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by *him* this man stands here before you sound in body.
¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.
¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:8‑12)

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Acts 5:29‑31• ²⁹But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.
³⁰The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross.
³¹Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. (Acts 5:29‑31)

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Acts 21:39‑40• ³⁹But Paul said, *I* am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.
⁴⁰And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, (Acts 21:39‑40)

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Acts 22:1,2‑5• ¹Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
²And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
³*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;
⁴who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
⁵as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished. (Acts 22:1,2‑5)

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Col. 4:6• ⁶Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one. (Col. 4:6)

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2 Tim. 2:25• ²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth, (2 Tim. 2:25)

a reason.

1 Sam. 12:7• ⁷And now stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah of all the righteous acts of Jehovah which he did to you and to your fathers. (1 Sam. 12:7)

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Isa. 1:18• ¹⁸Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Isa. 41:21• ²¹Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob. (Isa. 41:21)

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Acts 24:25• ²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; (Acts 24:25)

the hope.

1 Peter 1:3‑4• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
⁴to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in the heavens for you, (1 Peter 1:3‑4)

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Col. 1:5,23,27• ⁵on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
²³if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which is under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.
²⁷to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory: (Col. 1:5,23,27)

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Titus 1:2• ²in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (Titus 1:2)

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Heb. 3:6• ⁶but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end. (Heb. 3:6)

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Heb. 6:1,18‑19• ¹Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
¹⁸that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,
¹⁹which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil, (Heb. 6:1,18‑19)

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1 Peter 3:2,4• ²having witnessed your pure conversation carried out in fear;
⁴but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. (1 Peter 3:2,4)

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2 Tim. 2:25‑26• ²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,
²⁶and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, who are taken by him, for *his* will. (2 Tim. 2:25‑26)

fear.

or, reverence.

• (It is not “the Lord God.”) He says, You sanctify in your hearts the One whom God has exalted as Messiah, and set at His own right hand. (“Our Pathway of Suffering” by W.T.P. Wolston)

• Sanctimoniousness in manner or outward acts, far from availing, is a snare and a shame unworthy of a Christian, as far as possible from pleasing God, though it may deceive himself if unwary and others too. But to give Christ the holy place due to Him, and supremely as Lord, in our hearts, truly pleases Him (“1 Peter 3:13-16” by W. Kelly)

• But this very blessedness, so undeserved by any, calls us to meekness and fear in confessing it, lest a rough or presumptuous spirit might dishonor the God of all grace or ourselves the recipients of His rich mercy. (“1 Peter 3:13-16” by W. Kelly)

• If the heart is conscious of the presence of God, can that heart tremble at the presence of the enemy? This is the secret of boldness and peace in confessing Christ. (“1 Peter 3” by J.N. Darby)

• The Lord cannot be more holy than He is. He can, however, in our hearts be set apart in His own proper place of glory and supremacy and authority. To sanctify is to set apart. (“1 Peter 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your heartsc, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account ofd the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;

JND Translation Notes

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See Isa. 8.12-13.

d

Or "a reason for," logos, as ch. 4.5; it includes both ideas. In Matt. 12.36 it is "account," but in Acts 19.40 "a reason for," as elsewhere.

W. Kelly Translation

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but sanctify the Christa as Lord in your hearts, ready always for answerb to everyone that asketh you a reason for the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear,

WK Translation Notes

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It is "the Christ," not God as such, who is to be sanctified as Lord in their hearts; not "Lord Christ," but the Christ as Lord.

b

Or, "defence."