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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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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Acts 23:1
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23 While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers,[a] up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God.”(A)
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- 23.1 Gk Men, brothers
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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Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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Romans 2:15
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15 They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, as their own conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them
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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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- 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity
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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- 3.21 Or a pledge to God from
Titus 1:15
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15 To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:4
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4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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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 2:19
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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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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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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 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 Thessalonians 2:10
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10 You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.(A)
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Titus 2:11-13
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11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,[a](A) 12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(B) 13 while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior,[b] Jesus Christ.(C)
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1 Timothy 3:9
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9 they must hold fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
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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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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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