Acts 24:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
  • 1 Tim 3:9 : 9 holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
  • Titus 2:11-13 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.
  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

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  • Acts 24:17-21
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    17After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

    18which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

    21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

  • Acts 23:1
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    1Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

  • Acts 24:11-15
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    11As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

    13nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

    14But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

    15I have a hope in God(a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

  • Heb 13:18
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    18Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

  • 1 Pet 3:15-16
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    15But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

    16Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • 2 Cor 8:20-21
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

    21For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • Rom 2:15
    70%

    15They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

  • 1 Cor 10:32-33
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    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

    33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
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    13For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

  • Acts 20:26
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    26Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.

  • 2 Tim 1:3
    69%

    3Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

  • 1 Cor 4:4
    69%

    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • Acts 25:8
    69%

    8Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

  • 1 Tim 1:19
    68%

    19To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

  • 1 Pet 2:19
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    19For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

  • Rom 1:9
    68%

    9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

  • Acts 26:4
    68%

    4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

  • Rom 15:17
    68%

    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

  • 2 Sam 22:24
    68%

    24I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • Titus 1:15
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    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • Acts 25:16
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    16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

  • Gal 1:13
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    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

  • 2 Cor 5:11
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    11The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

  • Acts 26:9
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    9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

  • 1 Tim 1:5
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    5But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

  • Titus 3:8
    68%

    8Summary of the Letter This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.