2 Corinthians 1:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Job 13:15

See, he will kill me; I have no hope; but I will defend my ways to his face.

Isaiah 38:3

“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Acts 23:1

While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers, up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God.”

Acts 24:16

Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.

Romans 9:1

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel—and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 2:13

And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

2 Corinthians 1:17

Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.

Galatians 6:4

All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness

Philippians 1:10

to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.

1 Timothy 1:5

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

Titus 2:7

in all things, offering yourself as a model of good works and in your teaching offering integrity, gravity,

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us; we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.

James 4:6

But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Joshua 24:14

“Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord.

1 Peter 3:16

yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,