1 Peter 3:16
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16 yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned,[a] those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.(A)
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- 3.16 Other ancient authorities read when they malign you as evildoers
1 Peter 2:12
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12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)
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- 2.12 Gk God on the day of visitation
Hebrews 13:18
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18 Pray for us; we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.(A)
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1 Peter 2:15
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15 For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
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Titus 2:8
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8 and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.(A)
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Matthew 5:11
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11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[a] on my account.(A)
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- 5.11 Other ancient authorities lack falsely
1 Peter 2:19
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19 For it is a commendable thing if, being aware of God, a person endures pain while suffering unjustly.
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1 Peter 3:21
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21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A)
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1 Peter 3:1-2
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Wives and Husbands
3 Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A) 2 when they see the purity and respect of your conduct.
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.(A)
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Romans 9:1
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God’s Election of Israel
9 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit(A)—
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Acts 24:16
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16 Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.(A)
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Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Encouragement
3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.(A)
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1 Timothy 1:19
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19 having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.(A)
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