15 but in your hearts regard[a] Christ[b] the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.(A) 16 Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience,(B) so that when you are accused,[c] those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Or sanctify, or set apart
  2. 3:15 Other mss read set God
  3. 3:16 Other mss read when they speak against you as evildoers

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