1 Peter 3:16

New American Bible - revised edition

but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame.

Cross References

Daniel 6:4

Daniel outshone all the ministers and satraps because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king considered setting him over the entire kingdom.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me.

Acts 24:16

Because of this, I always strive to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

Acts 28:22

But we should like to hear you present your views, for we know that this sect is denounced everywhere.”

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie; my conscience joins with the holy Spirit in bearing me witness

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Rather, we have renounced shameful, hidden things; not acting deceitfully or falsifying the word of God, but by the open declaration of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 1:19

by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith,

1 Timothy 1:5

The aim of this instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

2 Timothy 1:3

I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are confident that we have a clear conscience, wishing to act rightly in every respect.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. Christian Citizens.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people.

1 Peter 2:19

For whenever anyone bears the pain of unjust suffering because of consciousness of God, that is a grace.

1 Peter 3:21

This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you do not plunge into the same swamp of profligacy, and they vilify you;