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Acts 24:16

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14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

17 After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

18 At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
KJV
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
WEB
In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
ASV
Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
DARBY
For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
BLB
In this I myself also strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men through everything.
ÅB
Derfor legger jeg selv vinn på alltid å ha en uskadd samvittighet for Gud og mennesker.
OTB
Med tanke på dette, streber jeg alltid etter å opprettholde en klar samvittighet overfor Gud og mennesker.
B1930
Derfor legger jeg selv vinn på alltid å ha en uskadd samvittighet for Gud og mennesker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 1:5

    The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

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  • Acts 23:1

    Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  • Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • Romans 2:15

    So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

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  • 1 Peter 3:21

    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:4

    My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

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