One of the greatest lessons Jesus taught His followers is that the best reply is sometimes a brief one or none at all. Some questions and criticisms simply do not warrant an answer, and certainly not a lengthy one.
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Peter’s apologetics exhortation in 1 Peter 3:15 is firmly and deeply embedded in an epistle and immediate context of suffering. What’s more, Peter directly connected suffering and apologetics with being courageous, as he quoted from Isaiah 8:12: “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”
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