1 Peter 3:15

But set Christ ¹  apart ²  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. ³ 

Nu 20:12; Nu 27:14; 1Sa 12:7; Ps 119:46; Isa 1:18; Isa 5:16; Isa 29:23; Isa 41:21; Jer 26:12-16; Da 3:16-18; Am 7:14-17; Mt 10:18-20; Lu 21:14,15; Ac 4:8-12; Ac 5:29-31; Ac 21:39,40; Ac 22:1,2-5; Ac 24:25; Col 1:5,23,27; Col 4:6; 2Ti 2:25; 2Ti 2:25,26; Tit 1:2; Heb 3:6; Heb 6:1,18,19; 1Pe 1:3,4; 1Pe 3:2,4

¹ tc Most later mss (P Ï) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) instead of Χριστόν (Criston; “Christ”) here. But Χριστόν is widely supported by excellent and early witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C Ψ 33 1739 al latt sy co), and as a less common idiom better explains the rise of the other reading.

² tn Or “sanctify Christ as Lord.”

³ tn Grk “the hope in you.”