16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(A) before God and man.

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16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.

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16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

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My conscience(A) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(B) It is the Lord who judges me.(C)

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For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

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For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

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Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness

12 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.

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Paul’s Sincerity

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in [a]simplicity and (A)godly sincerity, (B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 The opposite of duplicity

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)

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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B)

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19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

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19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

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They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.(A)

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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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holding the [a]mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:9 hidden truth

Thanksgiving

I thank God,(A) whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience,(B) as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.(C)

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I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

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Timothy’s Faith and Heritage

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my (A)forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,

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14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(A) offered himself(B) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(C) from acts that lead to death,[a](D) so that we may serve the living God!(E)

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without [a]spot to God, (A)cleanse your conscience from (B)dead works (C)to serve the living God?

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 blemish

22 let us draw near to God(A) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(B) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(C) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(D)

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22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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22 let us (A)draw near with a true heart (B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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