Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
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For conscience
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Bible References
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1 Peter 2:20
If you do wrong and receive a blow for it, what credit is there in your bearing it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you bear it patiently, this is an acceptable thing with God.
Luke 6:32
"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.
For conscience
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are to be envied. So do not be alarmed by their threats, nor troubled;
Matthew 5:10
"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.
John 15:21
But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me.
Romans 13:5
We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.
2 Timothy 1:12
That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.
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Acts 24:16
This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.