For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

Dearly beloved, let us practice loving one another, because love originates with God, and everyone who practices loving is a child of God and knows God by experience.

A pure

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

The good man out of his good inner storehouse, brings out good things, the bad man, out of his bad one, bad things.

and in this way He put no difference between us and them, because He cleansed their hearts by faith.

You must keep on fleeing from the evil impulses of youth, but ever strive for uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in association with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Get your hands clean, you sinners. Get your hearts purified, you double-minded.

Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.

A good

by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.

but they must continue to hold the open secret of faith with a clear conscience.

Paul fixed his eyes upon the council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty to God up to this very day."

So I am always striving to have a conscience that is clear before God and men.

I am telling the truth as a Christian man. I am telling no lie, because my conscience enlightened by the Holy Spirit is bearing me witness to this fact,

For my boast is this, to which my conscience testifies, that before the world, but especially before you, I have acted from pure motives and in sincerity before God, not depending on worldly wisdom but on God's unmerited favor.

I thank God, whom I worship, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as I ceaselessly remember you in my prayers. Because I remember the tears you shed for me, I am always longing night and day

To the pure everything is pure, but to the impure and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are impure.

how much more surely will the blood of Christ, who with an eternal Spirit gave Himself a spotless offering to God, purify your consciences from works that mean mere death, to serve the ever living God?

let us continue to draw near to God with sincere hearts and perfect faith; with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies bathed in clean water;

Pray for me, for I am sure that I have a clear conscience, and in everything I want to live a noble life.

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who bitterly abuse your excellent conduct as Christians may be ashamed of slandering you.

General references

The essence of the whole law and the prophets is packed into these two commands."

So I am always striving to have a conscience that is clear before God and men.

let everything be done in love.