⁵ Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,^(A)’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience^(B) and clean hands.^(C)”

⁶ Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept^(D) you from sinning against me.^(E) That is why I did not let you touch her.

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.”

¹⁶ So I strive always to keep my conscience clear^(A) before God and man.

¹⁴ (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,^(A) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. ¹⁵ They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

Paul’s Anguish Over Israel

9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,^(A) my conscience confirms^(B) it through the Holy Spirit—