Jesus said to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved at his asking him the third time, "do you love me?" and he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.

for this is to me matter of glorying, the testimony of my conscience, that without artifice, and with religious sincerity, not by worldly wisdom, but by God's favourable assistance I have behaved my self towards all men, but more particularly to you.

for if our conscience condemn us, God knows us better than we do our selves, he knoweth all things.

Yet

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every one may be silenc'd, and all the world plead guilty before God.

for if Abraham was justified by works, he had matter of pretension, whereas he had no such claim from God.

General references

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

and 'tis my endeavour to preserve a conscience free from reproach both with respect to God, and with respect to men.

beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we may securely confide in God.