1 Peter 3:6 Cross References - WPNT

⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him ‘lord’, whose (f) daughters you became by doing good and not being afraid of any intimidation.

⁶⁹ Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a certain servant girl approached him saying, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean”. ⁷⁰ But he denied before them all saying, “I don’t know what you are saying”. ⁷¹ And having gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and says to those who were there, “This fellow also was with Jesus the Natsorean”. ⁷² And he denied again, with an oath, “I do not know the man!” ⁷³ But a little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Really, you too are one of them, because your very accent gives you away!” ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know the man!!” And immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before any rooster crows, you will deny me three times”. And going out he cried bitterly.

⁸ Then Peter, full of Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: ⁹ If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. ¹¹ This is ‘the stone which was despised by you, the builders, which has become the chief cornerstone’. ¹² Also, the salvation does not exist in anyone else, because there is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.” ¹³ Now upon observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving that they were uneducated and unskilled men, they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

¹⁹ But in answer Peter and John said to them: “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves;

⁷ Neither are they all ‘children’ because they are Abraham’s descendants; but, “in Isaac will your seed be called”. ⁸ That is, it is not the physical children who are God’s ‘children’, but the children of the promise are regarded as ‘seed’. ⁹ For this is the word of promise: “At this season I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”

²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. ²³ However, the one by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the one by the free woman was through the promise. ²⁴ I will now allegorize them—these are two covenants: one is from Mount Sinai, bearing children into slavery, which is ‘Hagar’ ²⁵ (for this ‘Hagar’ is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present day Jerusalem, and is in slavery with her children); ²⁶ while the ‘Jerusalem’ that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” ¹⁵ Rather, sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready with an answer for everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and respect;