Romans 2:15

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They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.

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  • Rom 1:18-19 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence. 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 They will speak lies with hypocrisy, and their consciences will be seared as with a hot iron.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • Gen 3:8-9 : 8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' 10 He said, 'I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself.' 11 He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 'Did he not say to me,
  • Gen 42:21-22 : 21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.' 22 Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.'
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, 'You know in your heart all the evil you did to my father David. The LORD will repay you for your wickedness.'
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
  • Eccl 7:22 : 22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
  • John 8:9 : 9 When they heard this, they began to leave one by one, starting with the older ones, until only Jesus was left with the woman standing there.
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Gazing intently at the council, Paul said, 'Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God up to this day.'
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people.

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  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  • Rom 2:16-18
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    16This will take place on the day when God judges the secrets of people through Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

    17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,

    18and know His will and approve things that are excellent, being instructed from the law,

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Rom 1:18-20
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness.

    19For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

    20For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

  • Rom 2:27
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    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • Rom 3:18-21
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    18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

    19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29I do not mean your own conscience, but that of the other person's. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

  • Heb 10:15-16
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    15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says:

    16"This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts and write them on their minds."

  • Rom 7:21-23
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    21So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

    22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

    23but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Acts 24:16
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    16In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

    8But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

  • Rom 8:1-3
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    1So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

    3For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Rom 1:32
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    32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on true knowledge.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.

  • Gal 6:13
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    13For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

  • 1 Cor 14:25
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    25The secrets of their heart are revealed, and they will fall facedown and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is truly among you!'

  • Jas 2:12
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    12Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Rom 7:16
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    16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

  • Jas 2:9
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    9But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • 2 Cor 5:11
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    11Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

  • Mark 2:8
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    8And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?'