'Vindicate' in the Bible

For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.

That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.

From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me].