2 Corinthians 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Our rejoicing

Simplicity

2 Corinthians 11:3

Romans 16:18

General references

Acts 24:16

2 Corinthians 6:3

1 John 3:21

Bible References

Our rejoicing

“Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

But the goal of our

instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.

and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him

Simplicity

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

General references

In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;