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      • 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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  2. Feb 27, 2024 · Paul refers several times to his own conscience being “good” or “clear” (Acts 23:1; 24:16; 1 Corinthians 4:4). Paul examined his own words and deeds and found them to be in accordance with his morals and value system, which were, of course, based on God’s standards.

  3. Oct 9, 2019 · Paul said that God knows his heart and Paul seems to be confident and stand firm in that (2 Cor. 11:31). Paul was being sincere and honest as challenging and correcting sin he saw that was displeasing to God.

  4. Paul says, "The verdict of my own conscience acquits me of all intentional unfaithfulness;" but this is insufficient, because God sees with clearer eyes than ours. "Who can understand his errors?" asks the psalmist ( Psalm 19:12 ); and the "secret faults" against which he prays are not hidden vices, but sins of which he was himself unconscious.

  5. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. the mean while. Genesis 3:8-11 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the ...

  6. 17 What I say in this confident boasting, I say not as the Lord would [with His authority], but foolishly. 18 Since many boast [of worldly things and brag] about human accomplishments, I will boast too. 19 For you, being so wise, gladly tolerate and accept the foolish [like me]!

  7. Paul’s Clear Conscience. 12 For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness[a] and purity of motive from God, not[b] in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God. Read full chapter.

  8. Sep 16, 2024 · The conscience is the tool that God the Holy Spirit uses to convict us, bring us to repentance, and to receive the healing of forgiveness that flows from the gospel. But there is also the sense in which this moral voice in our minds and hearts also tells us what is right.