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Paul’s Defense to Felix

Acts 24:16

In 9 translations

BSB
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
KJV
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
WEB
In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
ASV
Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
LSV
and in this I exercise myself, to always have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
YLT
and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
DBY
For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.Elohim
DRC
And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence toward God, and towards men.
GNV
And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God, and toward men.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read καὶ (“also”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ἔχειν (“to have”); Byzantine text read ἔχων (“having”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read παντός.¶ (“all [times]”); Textus Receptus read διαπαντός (“always”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus place διὰ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ.
  • SBLGNT: ἔχειν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔχειν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔχων.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐν τούτῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διὰ παντός.
RP2018
Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ, ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχων πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διὰ παντός.
TR-Boyd
Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ, ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διὰ παντός.
SCR1894
εν τουτω δε αυτος ασκω απροσκοπον συνειδησιν εχειν προς τον θεον και τους ανθρωπους δια παντος

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
  • Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
  • 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in…
  • Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Romans 2:15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
  • 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…
  • 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
  • Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
  • 2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
  • 1 Peter 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
  • Titus 2:11–13For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, as we await the…
  • Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
  • 1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
  • Hebrews 13:18Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

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