King James Version

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Christ” (Χριστὸν) before do sanctify here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “yet” (ἀλλὰ) before with here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “God” (θεὸν) before do sanctify here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before always here.

κύριονkurionLordκύριος (kurios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the object formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordδὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ἁγιάσατεhagiasateto sanctifyἁγιάζω (hagiazō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to sanctify”, a single actionG37I make holy, treat as holy, set apart as holy, sanctify, hallow, purify.This verse uses “sanctify”.ἐνenthat is inἐνpreposition — “that is in”G1722in, on, among.that is inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίαιςkardiaisheartκαρδία (kardia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “heart”, the to- or for-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.ὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἕτοιμοιhetoimoireadyἕτοιμος (hetoimos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “ready”, the subject formG2092ready, prepared.This verse uses “ready”.ἀεὶaeialwaysἀείadverb — “always”G104always, unceasingly, perpetually; on every occasion.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ἀπολογίανapologiandefenceἀπολογία (apologia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “defence”, the object formG627a verbal defense (particularly in a law court).παντὶpantiallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰτοῦντιaitountito askαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “to ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.This verse uses “ask”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youἐλπίδοςelpidoshopeἐλπίς (elpis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “hope”, the of-formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withπραΰτητοςprautētosgentlenessπραΰτης (praÿtēs)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “gentleness”, the of-formG4240mildness, gentleness.This verse uses “gentleness”.Strong’s files this form under G4236 (πρᾳότης).meeknessκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφόβουphoboufearφόβος (phobos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “fear”, the of-formG5401(a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect.This verse uses “fear”.fear

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θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.δὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And [be] ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that [is] in you, with meekness and fear;

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American Standard Version (1901)

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And [be] ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that [is] in you, with meekness and fear;

World English Bible

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

Darby Translation

but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear;

Douay-Rheims

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.

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