Acts 23:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Paul, earnestly looking at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

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  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day;
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 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 conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
  • Acts 22:5 : 5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honorably.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • Acts 22:30 : 30 On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

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  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19Who ought to have been present before you, to charge me, if they had anything against me.

    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

    21Except it be for this one statement, that I cried standing among them, Regarding the resurrection of the dead I am questioned by you this day.

  • Acts 24:16
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    16And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

  • Acts 24:10-11
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    10Then Paul, after the governor had motioned to him to speak, answered, Since I know that you have been for many years a judge to this nation, I do cheerfully respond for myself:

    11Because you may understand that there are only twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honorably.

  • Acts 25:8
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    8While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar.

  • Acts 23:2-6
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    2And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

    3Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?

    4And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?

    5Then said Paul, I was not aware, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

    6But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 25:10
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    10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so must you also bear witness in Rome.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know;

    5Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

  • Acts 6:15
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    15All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

  • Acts 26:1-2
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    1Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered for himself:

    2I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews:

  • Acts 22:30
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    30On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 25:15-18
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    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

    16To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to present his defense concerning the charges against him.

    17Therefore, when they had come here, without any delay, I sat on the judgment seat the next day, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

    18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed:

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.

  • Acts 26:22
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    22Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come:

  • Acts 26:12
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    12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • Acts 20:26-27
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    26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

    27For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.

  • Acts 23:30
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    30And when it was disclosed to me that a plot was about to be executed against the man, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state their case before you. Farewell.

  • Acts 26:29-30
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    29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all who hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.

    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them:

  • Acts 23:9
    68%

    9And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • Acts 27:25
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    25Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told to me.

  • Acts 13:9
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    9Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,

  • Acts 20:18
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    18And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,

  • Acts 22:19-20
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    19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

    20And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

  • Acts 22:3
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    3I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For 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 conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

  • Gal 1:13
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    13For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

  • Acts 22:13
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    13Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And at that very moment, I looked up at him.

  • Acts 23:20
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    20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though they would inquire somewhat more accurately about him.