16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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;)
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-21)We have here Paul’s defence of himself, in answer to Tertullus’s charge, and there appears in it a great deal of the spirit of wisdom and holiness, and an accomplishment of Christ’s promise to his followers that when they were before governors and kings, for his sake, it should be given them in that same hour what they should speak . Though Tertullus had said a great many provoking things, yet Pau…
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