The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Acts 23:1 - Y'all Version Bible Paul, looking straight at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived all my life before God with good conscience to this day.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEN PAUL, gazing earnestly at the council (Sanhedrin), said, Brethren, I have lived before God, doing my duty with a perfectly good conscience until this very day [as a citizen, a true and loyal Jew]. American Standard Version (1901) And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. Common English Bible Paul stared at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with an altogether clear conscience right up to this very day.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Paul, gazing intently at the council, said, "Noble brothers, I have spoken with all good conscience before God, even to this present day." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND Paul looking upon the council, said: Men, brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God until this present day. |
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
But I tell y’all that everyone who is enraged with their sibling will be subject to judgment. Whoever calls their sibling, ‘You good-for-nothing!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
The next day, the commander still wanted to know the truth about why Paul was accused by the Jews, so he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the council to come together. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
as the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. I even received letters from them to the siblings in Damascus, and I traveled there to arrest these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
So now, y’all and the Council make a request to the commander to bring Paul down to y’all tomorrow, as though y’all intended to conduct a more thorough investigation. But before he arrives, we are ready to kill him.”
He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Council tomorrow, as though they intended to ask for more accurate information about him.
Wanting to know the reason why they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Council.
But when Paul noticed that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope and resurrection of the dead!”
So I always strive to maintain a clear conscience before God and humans.
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this. Rather the one who judges me is the Lord.
Now this is our boast: the testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward y’all, with godly integrity and sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.
But we have renounced the secret and shameful things, not walking in deceitfulness nor distorting the word of God, but by the clear declaration of truth we commend ourselves to every human’s conscience in the sight of God.
I thank God, whom I serve as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience. I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
Pray for us, y’all. For we trust that we have a beautiful conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
keeping a good conscience, so that when y’all are spoken against, those who curse y’all’s good way of life in Christ might be put to shame.