(A)For I am not aware of anything against myself, (B)but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

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My conscience(A) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(B) It is the Lord who judges me.(C)

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(A)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous (B)before you.

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Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous(A) before you.

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20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, (A)if our heart does not condemn us, (B)we have confidence before God;

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20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(B)

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Paul's Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness

If you, O Lord, should (A)mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could (B)stand?

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If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)

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12 (A)Who can discern his errors?
    (B)Declare me innocent from (C)hidden faults.

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12 But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults.(A)

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Therefore (A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (B)before the Lord comes, (C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

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Therefore judge nothing(A) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(B) He will bring to light(C) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(D)

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23 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, (A)I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

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23 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin(A) and said, “My brothers,(B) I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience(C) to this day.”

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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (A)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (B)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (C)my sheep.

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17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”(A) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(B) you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(C)

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(A)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the heart.

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A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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“Behold, I am (A)of small account; what shall I answer you?
    (B)I lay my hand on my mouth.

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“I am unworthy(A)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.(B)

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I (A)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart does not (B)reproach me for any of my days.

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I will maintain my innocence(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.(C)

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How then can man be (A)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (B)born of woman be (C)pure?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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