but have renounced all shameful secret practices, not conducting ourselves with artifice, nor deceitfully disguising the word of God, but by clear manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience as in the presence of God.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For this is becoming, and acceptable before God our Saviour;

To hearken

Then Peter and the apostles answering said, We must obey God rather than men.

They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he to them, Render therefore to Caesar, the things which are Caesar's; and to God, the things which are God's.

By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king.

And I saw one of his heads as if wounded unto death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the earth wondered after the beast.

And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any person worship the beast, and his image, and receive the brand upon his forehead, and upon his right hand,

Judge

Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

I speak as unto wise men: judge ye what I say.

are you not thus partial among yourselves, and form your decision from bad reasonings?

General references

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.