But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always 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,
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden...
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord ...
Ezra 7:10 Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances...