1 Peter 3:16 - New Revised Standard Version yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And see to it that] your conscience is entirely clear (unimpaired), so that, when you are falsely accused as evildoers, those who threaten you abusively and revile your right behavior in Christ may come to be ashamed [of slandering your good lives]. American Standard Version (1901) having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ. Common English Bible Yet do this with respectful humility, maintaining a good conscience. Act in this way so that those who malign your good lifestyle in Christ may be ashamed when they slander you. Catholic Public Domain Version But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. |
So the presidents and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.
But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”
I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; 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.
having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;
But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.
I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
Pray for us; we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!
Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.
For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly.
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,
They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.