Acts 24:16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
KJV
ἐν τούτῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διαπαντός.
Greek NT
In hoc et ipse studeo sine offendiculo conscientiam habere ad Deum et ad homines semper.
Vulgate
Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
ASV
And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διαπαντός
diapantos
adverb · 9×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
συνείδησις
suneidesis
noun · 31×
ἀπρόσκοπος
aproskopos
adjective · 3×
ἀσκέω
askeo
verb · 1×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: δὲ
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
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minor
SBLGNT: ἔχειν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔχειν | RP: ἔχων
- ἔχειν — SBLGNT
- ἔχειν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔχων — Robinson-Pierpont
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Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1794A good and pure conscience is enlightened by true faith, for charity proceeds at the same time "from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith."60 The more a correct conscience prevails, the more do persons and groups turn aside from blind choice and try to be guided by objective standards of moral conduct.61
§2471Before Pilate, Christ proclaims that he "has come into the world, to bear witness to the truth."265 The Christian is not to "be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord."266 In situations that require witness to the faith, the Christian must profess it without equivocation, after the example of St. Paul before his judges. We must keep "a clear conscience toward God and toward men…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
- 1Cor 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
- 1Pet 2:19 — For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
- 1Pet 3:16 — Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
- 1Pet 3:16 — Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
- 1Pet 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
- 1Thess 2:10 — Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
- 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
- 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
- 1Tim 1:19 — Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
- 1Tim 2:2 — For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
- 1Tim 3:9 — Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
- 1Tim 4:7 — But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 2Chr 31:20 — And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- 2Cor 4:2 — 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 conscienc
- 2Tim 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
- 2Tim 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
- Acts 23:1 — And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Acts 23:1 — And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Dan 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
- Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Heb 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Heb 10:22 — 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.
- Heb 13:18 — Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
- Heb 13:18 — Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
- Job 22:3 — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Job 27:6 — My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- Ps 18:21 — For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
- Ps 19:13 — Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
- Ps 25:21 — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- Ps 103:18 — To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- Ps 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Rom 2:15 — 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;)
- Rom 2:15 — 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;)
- Rom 13:5 — Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
- Rom 14:22 — Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.