1 Peter 3:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ [And see to it that] your conscience is entirely clear (unimpaired), so that, when you are falsely accused as evildoers, those who threaten you abusively and revile your right behavior in Christ may come to be ashamed [of slandering your good lives].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Yet do this with respectful humility, maintaining a good conscience. Act in this way so that those who malign your good lifestyle in Christ may be ashamed when they slander you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

1 Peter 3:16 Tagairtí Cros

Daniel 6:4

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom; but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Acts 24:16

So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.

Acts 28:22

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”

Romans 9:1

I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 1:19

holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith,

1 Timothy 1:5

whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

1 Peter 2:19

For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;