15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, ⁱalways being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

14 If you are ^oinsulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the ^pSpirit of glory¹ and of God rests upon you. 15 ^qBut let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone ^rsuffers as a ^sChristian, let him not be ^tashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.