Didn’t he himself say to me, “She is my sister”? And she herself said, “He is my brother.” I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
Romans 2:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them] American Standard Version (1901) in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); Common English Bible They show the proof of the Law written on their hearts, and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them, Catholic Public Domain Version For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them, and their thoughts between themselves accusing, or also defending one another, |
Didn’t he himself say to me, “She is my sister”? And she herself said, “He is my brother.” I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
The king also said, ‘You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore, the Lord has brought back your evil on your head,
I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!
for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.
When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the centre.
Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, ‘Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.’
So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.
I speak the truth in Christ #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit #– #
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.
Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences.
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.