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1 Peter 3:16

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3:16Yet do it with courtesy and respect,27 keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.28

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Footnotes

  1. 27 Grk “but with courtesy and respect,” continuing the command of v. 15. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  2. 28 Grk “when you are spoken against.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.

NLTNew Living Translation

But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But do so with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in the things in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.