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TDNT Reference: 7:898,1120
Strong's Number G4893 matches the Greek συνείδησις (syneidēsis),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses
in the TR Greek.
When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.
Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.”
I speak the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit[fn] —
Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.
However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged[fn] to eat food offered to idols?
Now when you sin like this against brothers and sisters and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,
If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience.
But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.[fn]
I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged by another person’s conscience?
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.
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.
Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
having faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and have shipwrecked the faith.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
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.
This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[fn] consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?
Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered, since the worshipers, purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.
For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.
Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused,[fn] those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
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