1 Peter 3:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.
  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:
  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the ende of the commaundement, is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, & of fayth vnfaigned.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs, euen baptisme, not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe, but in that a good conscience maketh request to God, by the resurrection of Iesus Christe:
  • 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 Likewise ye wyues, be in subiectio to your husbandes, that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the couersation of ye wiues, 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare.
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Hauyng fayth and good conscience, which some hauyng put awaye as concernyng fayth, haue made shipwracke.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience, that without ceassyng I haue remembrauce of thee in my prayers night & day
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 Howe much more the blood of Christe, which through the eternall spirite offered hym selfe without spot to God, shall purge your conscience fro dead workes, to serue the lyuyng God?
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-15
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    13Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?

    14Yea, happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake: Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, neither be ye troubled:

    15But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie,

    8Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.

  • 1 Pet 4:13-16
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    13But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.

    14Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters.

    16Yf any man suffer as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.

  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.

    20For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God.

    21For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.

  • 1 Pet 3:2
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    2Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare.

  • 1 Pet 2:15-16
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    15For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

    16As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-10
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    8In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,

    9Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.

    10For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

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    2To blaspheme no man, to be no fyghters, but gentle, shewyng all mekenesse vnto all men.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

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    3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

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    16And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15That ye may be blamelesse and pure, the sonnes of God, without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation, among who shyne ye as lightes in the worlde,

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    12Yea, and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

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    2But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.

  • Phil 1:27-28
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    27Only let your conuersation be, as it becommeth the Gospell of Christe: that whether I come and set you, or els be absent, I may yet heare of your matters, that ye continue in one spirite, in one soule, fyghtyng together for ye fayth of the Gospell.

    28And in nothyng fearyng your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition: but to you of saluatio, and that of God.

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    8By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true,

  • Matt 5:11
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    11Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake.

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    5Which is a token of the ryghteous iudgment of God, that ye may be counted woorthy of the kyngdome of God, for which ye also suffer.

    6For it is a ryghteous thing with God, to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you:

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    15But as he which called you is holy, euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation:

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    13Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

  • Col 3:8
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    8But nowe put ye of also all, wrath, fiercenesse, maliciousnesse, blasphemie, filthie comunication out of your mouth.

  • 1 Pet 2:1
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    1Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,

  • 1 Thess 2:10
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    10Ye are witnesses, & God also howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue.

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    34Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame.

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    9Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.

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    6Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man.

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    19Hauyng fayth and good conscience, which some hauyng put awaye as concernyng fayth, haue made shipwracke.

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    2Which speake false in hypocrisie, hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron:

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    15Which shewe the workes of the lawe written in their heartes, their conscience bearing them witnesse, & their thoughtes, accusyng one another, or excusyng,)