1 Peter 3:16
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.
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Study Note
The exhortation to maintain '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' turns social shame against itself: the accusers' false charges will eventually become the source of their own shame when the quality of Christian conduct is evident. The Greek 'syneidsēsin agathēn' (good conscience) appears in 1 Peter also at 3:21 (baptism as 'the answer of a good conscience toward God') and in the Pastoral Epistles, indicating a distinctively early Christian ethical concept of integrated moral-spiritual consciousness. The rhetorical strategy of 2:12 is here repeated: observable conduct under persecution is the church's most effective apologetic, not philosophical argument. This verse grounded early Christian martyr theology, where the calm dignity of those facing death was itself read as divine testimony.
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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.
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;
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.
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