Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

if they condemn us for anything, for God is greater than our consciences, and he knows all.

Yet

Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God.

For if he was made upright by what he did, it is something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God,

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"Pass no more judgments upon other people, so that you may not have judgment passed upon you.

Therefore I strive always to have a clear conscience before God and men.

Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence,