1 Timothy 1:5

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 24:4

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Psalm 51:10

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Jeremiah 4:14

“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

Zephaniah 3:7

I thought, ‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Acts 23:1

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

Acts 24:16

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

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

Romans 14:15

For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

Romans 9:1

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

1 Timothy 1:18

I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

1 Timothy 1:19

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 Timothy 3:9

holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

2 Timothy 1:3

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 Timothy 1:5

I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

2 Timothy 2:22

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Titus 1:15

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.

Hebrews 10:22

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.

Hebrews 13:18

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

Hebrews 9:14

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.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:22

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

1 Peter 3:16

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 Peter 3:21

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,

1 Peter 4:8

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

2 Peter 1:7

to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian – is not of God.

1 John 3:23

Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).