18 Pray for us.(A) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(B) and desire to live honorably in every way.

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18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

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25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.(A)

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25 Brethren, pray for us.

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Request for Prayer

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) pray for us(B) that the message of the Lord(C) may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.(D)

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Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)

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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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And pray for us, too, that God may open a door(A) for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery(B) of Christ, for which I am in chains.(C)

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Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

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30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,(A) to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.(B)

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30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

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19 Pray also for me,(A) that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly(B) make known the mystery(C) of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador(D) in chains.(E) Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

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19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(A) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(B) toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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16 keeping a clear conscience,(A) so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.(B)

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16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.

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12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(A) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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

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16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.

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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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23 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

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