Acts 23:1

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Summary

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Earnestly

Acts 23:6

Acts 6:15

Acts 22:5

I have

1 Peter 3:16

General references

Acts 24:16

Bible References

Earnestly

Because Paul knew that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, he began to cry out in the council chamber, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a Pharisee's son, and now I am on trial for the hope of the resurrection of the dead."

Then all who were seated in the council fixed their eyes upon him and saw that his face was like that of an angel.

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. Indeed, I had received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on the way there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

I have

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

For although my conscience does not accuse me, yet I am not entirely vindicated by that. It is the Lord Himself who must examine me.

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.

On the other hand, I have renounced all underhanded, disgraceful methods; I neither practice cunning nor do I tamper with God's message, but by clear and candid statements of truth I try to commend myself to every human conscience in God's sight.

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

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

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