For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of God.

A pure

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

"A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good; and from his evil treasure a bad man brings out evil.

"and he made no distinction between us and them, in cleansing their hearts by faith.

Flee from the passions of youth, but run after righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who out of a pure heart call upon the Lord.

Draw near to God And he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, And purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

And every one who is holding this hope in him is purifying himself, even as he is pure.

A good

keeping fast hold of faith and a good conscience; which certain individuals have cast aside, and so made shipwreck of their faith.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

With a stedfast gaze at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a good conscience before God to this day."

"Hence I too endeavor to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men alway.

I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow

For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.

All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!

let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

Keep on praying for me. I am persuaded that I have a clear conscience, and I desire in every way to live nobly.

See that you have a clear conscience, so that, although they speak of you as evil-doers, these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed.

General references

"On those two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets."

"Hence I too endeavor to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men alway.

Let all that you do be done in love.