1 Peter 3:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly.
  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,
  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God, and toward men.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 For the end of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 Whereof the baptisme that nowe is, answering that figure, (which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but a confident demaunding which a good conscience maketh to God) saueth vs also by the resurrection of Iesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues, 2 While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Hauing faith and a good conscience, which some haue put away, and as concerning faith, haue made shipwracke.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thanke God, whom I serue from mine elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I haue remembraunce of thee in my praiers night and day,
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shal the blood of Christ which through the eternall Spirit offered himselfe without fault to God, purge your conscience from dead workes, to serue the liuing God?
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

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  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-15
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    13And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

    14Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

    15But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence,

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,

    8And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 1 Pet 4:13-16
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    13But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.

    14If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

    16But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.

  • 1 Pet 2:19-21
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    19For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

    21For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly.

  • 1 Pet 3:2
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    2While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.

  • 1 Pet 2:15-16
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    15For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

    16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-10
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    8Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,

    9Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

    10For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Titus 3:2
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    2That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • Acts 24:16
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    16And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God, and toward men.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15That ye may be blamelesse, & pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world,

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

  • Phil 1:27-28
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    27Onely let your conuersation be, as it becommeth the Gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or els be absent, I may heare of your matters that ye continue in one Spirit, and in one mind, fighting together through the faith of the Gospel.

    28And in nothing feare your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of saluation, and that of God.

  • 2 Cor 6:8
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    8By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:

  • Matt 5:11
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    11Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.

    6For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

  • 1 Pet 1:15
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    15But as hee which hath called you, is holie, so be yee holie in all maner of conuersation;

  • Jas 3:13
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    13Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • Col 3:8
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    8But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

  • 1 Pet 2:1
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    1Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,

  • 1 Thess 2:10
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    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

  • 1 Tim 3:9
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    9Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.

  • Col 4:6
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    6Let your speach be gracious alwayes, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answere euery man.

  • 1 Tim 1:19
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    19Hauing faith and a good conscience, which some haue put away, and as concerning faith, haue made shipwracke.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2Which speake lies through hypocrisie, & haue their cosciences burned with an hote yron,

  • Rom 2:15
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    15Which shew the effect of the Lawe written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witnes, and their thoughts accusing one another, or excusing,)