1 Peter 3:16

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Give a kind and respectful answer and keep your conscience clear. This way you will make people ashamed for saying bad things about your good conduct as a follower of Christ.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:12

Always let others see you behaving properly, even though they may still accuse you of doing wrong. Then on the day of judgment, they will honor God by telling the good things they saw you do.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. Our consciences are clear, and we always try to live right.

1 Peter 2:15

God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.

Titus 2:8

Use clean language that no one can criticize. Do this, and your enemies will be too ashamed to say anything against you.

Matthew 5:11

God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

1 Peter 2:19

God will bless you, even if others treat you unfairly for being loyal to him.

1 Peter 3:21

Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 Timothy 1:5

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.

Romans 9:1

I am a follower of Christ, and the Holy Spirit is a witness to my conscience. So I tell the truth and I am not lying when I say

Acts 24:16

And because I am sure, I try my best to have a clear conscience in whatever I do for God or for people.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's gift of undeserved grace instead of by the wisdom of this world.

2 Timothy 1:3

Night and day I mention you in my prayers. I am always grateful for you, as I pray to the God my ancestors and I have served with a clear conscience.

1 Timothy 1:19

You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We don't do shameful things that must be kept secret. And we don't try to fool anyone or twist God's message around. God is our witness that we speak only the truth, so others will be sure we can be trusted.

Daniel 6:4

The other men tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel did his work for the king. But they could not accuse him of anything wrong, because he was honest and faithful and did everything he was supposed to do.

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear what you have to say. We understand that people everywhere are against this new group.”

1 Peter 4:4

Now your former friends wonder why you have stopped running around with them, and they curse you for it.