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Ideas of St Peter, by Text

[Israelite, fl. 50, One of the twelve apostles of Jesus of Nazareth.]

50	21: First Epistle of Peter

3:15	p.587	17593	Always be ready to give reasons for your beliefs
			Full Idea: Be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.
			From: St Peter (21: First Epistle of Peter [c.50], 3:15)
			A reaction: This quotation is the rational theologian's standard response to pure fideism.