¹⁶ 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.

¹² having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹⁸ Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

¹⁹ For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹¹ Blessed are ye when `men' shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

²¹ which also after a true likeness doth now save you, `even' baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

⁵ But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

¹⁶ Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

¹ In like manner, ye wives, `be' in subjection to your won husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

² beholding your chaste behavior `coupled' with fear.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

⁸ sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day

¹⁹ holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

² but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹² For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

¹ I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,