when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.

Create a clean heart for me, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit {within me}.

O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.

My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor [are] vanity.

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

And I will give a new heart to you, and a new spirit I will give into your inner parts, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

At your bringing {foreigners} [who are] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple, {as you offered my food, fat, and blood}, so you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Every {foreigner} uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary--[not] any of [the] {foreigners} who [are] in the midst of the {Israelites}.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

And looking intently at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, "Men [and] brothers, I have lived my life in all good conscience before God to this day."

{For this reason} also myself {always} do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and people.

who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts [one] after another accusing or even defending them

but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members. Wretched man [that] I [am]! Who will rescue me from this body of death? read more. Thanks [be] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh [I am enslaved] to the law of sin.

I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--

For because of this you also pay taxes, for [the authorities] are servants of God, busily engaged in this very [thing].

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive. {Therefore what should I do}? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If [there] is a natural body, [there] is also a spiritual [body].

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,

but at the proper time has disclosed his message in the proclamation [with] which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior,

On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.

To the pure all [things] [are] pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.

which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve [the] living God?

let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, [and] want to conduct ourselves commendably in every [way].