2 Corinthians 1:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony  of our conscience  is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom  but by God’s grace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² It is a reason for pride and exultation to which our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [generally] and especially toward you, with devout and pure motives and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God (the unmerited favor and merciful kindness by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, and keeps, strengthens, and increases them in Christian virtues).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Common English Bible

¹² We have conducted ourselves with godly sincerity and pure motives in the world, and especially toward you. This is why we are confident, and our conscience confirms this. We didn’t act with human wisdom but we relied on the grace of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 1:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the  Lord and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Job 13:15

Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend  my ways before him.

Isaiah 38:3

He said, ‘Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly,  and have done what pleases you.’  And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, ‘Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience  to this day.’

Acts 24:16

I always strive to have a clear conscience  towards God and men.

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Christ   #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit   #– #

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel #– #not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross  of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

1 Corinthians 12:8

to one  is given a message of wisdom  through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit;

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

1 Corinthians 2:13

We also speak these things, not in words  taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

1 Corinthians 4:4

For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified  by this. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old leaven or with the leaven of malice and evil,  but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

2 Corinthians 1:17

Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human  , way, so that I say ‘Yes, yes’ and ‘No, no’ at the same time?

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that, as the serpent  deceived  Eve  by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure  devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we do not market the word of God  for profit like so many.  On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting  deceitfully or distorting the word of God,  but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

Galatians 6:4

Let each person examine his own work,  and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand,  therefore, with truth  like a belt round your waist, righteousness  like armour on your chest,

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve the things that are superior  and may be pure  and blameless  in the day of Christ,

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses,  and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously,  and blamelessly  we conducted ourselves with you believers.

1 Timothy 1:5

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

Titus 2:7

in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity  in your teaching.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honourably in everything.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says: God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.   ,

Joshua 24:14

‘Therefore, fear the Lord and worship him in sincerity and truth.  Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshipped  beyond the River Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.

1 Peter 3:16

Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience,  so that when you are accused,  those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body,  but the pledge  of a good conscience towards God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,