1 Peter 3:16 | |
NASB: and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Keep your conscience clear. Then those who treat the good Christian life you live with contempt will feel ashamed that they have ridiculed you. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: 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. BBE: Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame. DBY: having a good conscience, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ. WEY: Yet argue modestly and cautiously, keeping your consciences free from guilt, so that, when you are spoken against, those who slander your good Christian lives may be put to shame. WBS: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ. WEB: having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good manner of life in Christ. YLT: having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ; | |
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