逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].
- 新标点和合本 - 我们所夸的是自己的良心，见证我们凭着 神的圣洁和诚实；在世为人不靠人的聪明，乃靠 神的恩惠，向你们更是这样。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们所夸的是：我们在世为人，特别是跟你们的关系，是凭着上帝所赐的坦率和真诚，不是靠人的聪明，而是靠上帝的恩惠；这是我们的良心可以作证的。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们所夸的是：我们在世为人，特别是跟你们的关系，是凭着 神所赐的坦率和真诚，不是靠人的聪明，而是靠 神的恩惠；这是我们的良心可以作证的。
- 当代译本 - 我们引以为荣的是：我们为人处世是本着上帝所赐的圣洁和诚实，倚靠祂的恩典，不倚靠人的聪明才智，对待你们更是这样。这一点，我们的良心可以作证。
- 圣经新译本 - 我们引以为荣的，就是我们处世为人，是本着 神的圣洁和真诚，不是靠着人的聪明，而是靠着 神的恩典，对你们更是这样，这是我们的良心可以作证的。
- 中文标准译本 - 我们所夸耀的是这一点：我们的良心见证了我们在世上行事为人带着属神的忠实 和真诚，不是靠属肉体的智慧，而是靠神的恩典；对你们更是如此。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我们所夸的，是自己的良心见证我们凭着神的圣洁和诚实在世为人，不靠人的聪明，乃靠神的恩惠，向你们更是这样。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我们所夸的是自己的良心，见证我们凭着上帝的圣洁和诚实，在世为人不靠人的聪明，乃靠上帝的恩惠，向你们更是这样。
- New International Version - Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
- New International Reader's Version - Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.
- English Standard Version - For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
- New Living Translation - We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
- The Message - Now that the worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world—and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised. Don’t try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We’re writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that you’ll now see the whole picture as well as you’ve seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
- Christian Standard Bible - 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.
- New American Standard Bible - For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
- New King James Version - For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.
- American Standard Version - For our glorying 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.
- King James Version - 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 more abundantly to you-ward.
- New English Translation - For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God – not by human wisdom but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
- World English Bible - For our boasting 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 toward you.
- 新標點和合本 - 我們所誇的是自己的良心，見證我們憑着神的聖潔和誠實；在世為人不靠人的聰明，乃靠神的恩惠，向你們更是這樣。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們所誇的是：我們在世為人，特別是跟你們的關係，是憑着上帝所賜的坦率和真誠，不是靠人的聰明，而是靠上帝的恩惠；這是我們的良心可以作證的。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們所誇的是：我們在世為人，特別是跟你們的關係，是憑着 神所賜的坦率和真誠，不是靠人的聰明，而是靠 神的恩惠；這是我們的良心可以作證的。
- 當代譯本 - 我們引以為榮的是：我們為人處世是本著上帝所賜的聖潔和誠實，倚靠祂的恩典，不倚靠人的聰明才智，對待你們更是這樣。這一點，我們的良心可以作證。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我們引以為榮的，就是我們處世為人，是本著 神的聖潔和真誠，不是靠著人的聰明，而是靠著 神的恩典，對你們更是這樣，這是我們的良心可以作證的。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我們所誇耀的是這一點：我們良知的明證指出我們在世界上之起居為人、是怎樣本着上帝 所賜 的聖善 和純潔，不是本着屬肉體的智慧，乃是本着上帝的恩；對於你們、更是如此。
- 中文標準譯本 - 我們所誇耀的是這一點：我們的良心見證了我們在世上行事為人帶著屬神的忠實 和真誠，不是靠屬肉體的智慧，而是靠神的恩典；對你們更是如此。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我們所誇的，是自己的良心見證我們憑著神的聖潔和誠實在世為人，不靠人的聰明，乃靠神的恩惠，向你們更是這樣。
- 文理和合譯本 - 夫我所以誇者、乃良心作證、非恃形軀之智、惟恃上帝之恩、以上帝所賦之聖與誠、為人於世、於爾曹為尤甚、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我非恃人智、恃上帝恩、以上帝所賦之丹心誠意、往來於世、在爾間為尤甚、此我所喜、心所證也、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我之良心、證我處世為人、常以天主所賜之誠心實意、不恃肉體之智慧、惟恃天主之恩寵、我在爾中更如是、此乃我所誇者也、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋吾儕所引以為榮、而問心無疚者、則吾儕立身處世、尤在爾我之間、一秉天主之正直及至誠、不徇私智、惟恃天主聖寵而已。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Para nosotros, el motivo de satisfacción es el testimonio de nuestra conciencia: Nos hemos comportado en el mundo, y especialmente entre ustedes, con la santidad y sinceridad que vienen de Dios. Nuestra conducta no se ha ajustado a la sabiduría humana, sino a la gracia de Dios.
- 현대인의 성경 - 우리가 이 세상에서 특별히 여러분과의 관계에서 하나님이 주신 거룩하고 진실한 마음으로 살아온 것을 우리 양심이 증거하고 있으니 바로 이것이 우리의 자랑입니다. 더구나 우리는 사람의 지혜로 하지 않고 하나님의 은혜로 그렇게 했습니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Мы хвалимся тем – и наша совесть может быть этому порукой, – что мы и в этом мире, и в особенности в наших отношениях с вами, поступали честно и искренне, и это нам было дано от Бога. Мы поступали не по «мудрости» этого мира, но по Божьей благодати.
- Восточный перевод - Мы хвалимся тем – и наша совесть может быть этому порукой, – что мы и в этом мире, и в особенности в наших отношениях с вами, поступали честно и искренне, и это нам было дано от Всевышнего. Мы поступали не по «мудрости» этого мира, но по благодати Всевышнего.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мы хвалимся тем – и наша совесть может быть этому порукой, – что мы и в этом мире, и в особенности в наших отношениях с вами, поступали честно и искренне, и это нам было дано от Аллаха. Мы поступали не по «мудрости» этого мира, но по благодати Аллаха.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мы хвалимся тем – и наша совесть может быть этому порукой, – что мы и в этом мире, и в особенности в наших отношениях с вами, поступали честно и искренне, и это нам было дано от Всевышнего. Мы поступали не по «мудрости» этого мира, но по благодати Всевышнего.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - S’il est une chose dont nous pouvons être fiers, c’est le témoignage de notre conscience ; il nous atteste que nous nous sommes conduits dans le monde, et tout spécialement envers vous, avec la sincérité et la pureté qui viennent de Dieu, en nous fondant, non sur une sagesse purement humaine, mais sur la grâce de Dieu.
- リビングバイブル - 私たちは、どんな場合でも、自分の知恵に頼らず、助けてくださる主に信頼し、きよさと誠実さをもって行動してきました。特にあなたがたに対しては、そのようにふるまってきました。胸を張ってそう言うことができます。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστίν, τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἁπλότητι καὶ εἰλικρινείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, [καὶ] οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ ἀλλ’ ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ, ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, περισσοτέρως δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστίν: τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἁγιότητι καὶ εἰλικρινείᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ, ἀλλ’ ἐν χάριτι Θεοῦ, ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, περισσοτέρως δὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Este é o nosso orgulho: A nossa consciência dá testemunho de que nos temos conduzido no mundo, especialmente em nosso relacionamento com vocês, com santidade e sinceridade provenientes de Deus, não de acordo com a sabedoria do mundo, mas de acordo com a graça de Deus.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wenn es etwas gibt, worauf wir stolz sein können, dann ist es unser gutes Gewissen: Wir leben so, wie Gott es will; wir haben euch nichts vorgemacht. Nicht eigensüchtige Überlegungen haben unser Handeln bestimmt, sondern allein Gottes Barmherzigkeit. So haben wir uns überall verhalten, und ganz besonders bei euch.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi vui mừng vì có thể chân thành xác nhận: Chúng tôi đã đối xử cách trong sạch và ngay thẳng với mọi người, nhất là với anh chị em. Chúng tôi không dùng thuật xử thế khôn khéo của con người, nhưng hoàn toàn nhờ ơn phước Đức Chúa Trời.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - สิ่งที่เราโอ้อวดได้ คือจิตสำนึกของเรายืนยันว่าเราประพฤติตนในโลกโดยเฉพาะในความสัมพันธ์กับท่านด้วยความบริสุทธิ์และความจริงใจซึ่งมาจากพระเจ้า เราไม่ได้ประพฤติตามปัญญาฝ่ายโลก แต่ตามพระคุณของพระเจ้า
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สิ่งที่เราโอ้อวดได้คือ มโนธรรมของเราเป็นพยานให้เห็นแล้วว่า เราได้ประพฤติตนอย่างสมควรในโลกแล้ว โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งการประพฤติต่อท่าน ทั้งในด้านความบริสุทธิ์และความจริงใจที่มาจากพระเจ้า เราไม่ได้ประพฤติโดยปัญญาของโลก แต่โดยพระคุณของพระเจ้า
交叉引用
- James 4:6 - But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].”
- 1 Timothy 1:19 - keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance] and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their moral compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:20 - Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be disciplined and taught not to blaspheme.
- Psalms 44:17 - All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
- Psalms 44:18 - Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,
- Psalms 44:19 - Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.
- Psalms 44:20 - If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
- Psalms 44:21 - Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
- Joshua 24:14 - “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; remove the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the [Euphrates] River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
- Isaiah 38:3 - and said, “Please, O Lord, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept greatly.
- 1 Corinthians 5:8 - Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and [untainted] truth.
- 1 Timothy 1:5 - But the goal of our instruction is love [which springs] from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4 - I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.
- Ephesians 6:14 - So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),
- Galatians 6:4 - But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 - But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.
- Psalms 7:3 - O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- Psalms 7:4 - If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,
- Psalms 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; And let him trample my life to the ground And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
- Romans 9:1 - I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit,
- Job 31:1 - “I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes; How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
- Job 31:2 - For what is the portion I would have from God above, And what heritage from the Almighty on high?
- Job 31:3 - Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust And disaster to those who work wickedness?
- Job 31:4 - Does not God see my ways And count all my steps?
- Job 31:5 - “If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has chased after deceit,
- Job 31:6 - Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity.
- Job 31:7 - If my step has turned away from the way [of God], Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes, Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands,
- Job 31:8 - Then let me plant and [let] another eat [from the results of my labor], And let my crops be uprooted and ruined.
- Job 31:9 - “If my heart has been enticed and I was made a fool by a woman, Or if I have [covetously] lurked at my neighbor’s door [until his departure],
- Job 31:10 - Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man], And let others kneel down over her.
- Job 31:11 - For adultery is a heinous and lustful crime; Moreover, it would be a sin punishable by the judges.
- Job 31:12 - For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment); And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].
- Job 31:13 - “If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants When they filed a complaint against me,
- Job 31:14 - What then could I do when God arises [to judge me]? When He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
- Job 31:15 - Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant, And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?
- Job 31:16 - “If I have withheld from the poor what they desired, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
- Job 31:17 - Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone, And did not share it with the orphan
- Job 31:18 - (But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),
- Job 31:19 - If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor person without covering,
- Job 31:20 - If his loins have not thanked and blessed me [for clothing them], And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
- Job 31:21 - If I have lifted my hand against the orphan, Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
- Job 31:22 - Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
- Job 31:23 - For tragedy from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].
- Job 31:24 - “If I have put my trust and confidence in gold, Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,
- Job 31:25 - If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,
- Job 31:26 - If I beheld the sun [as an object of worship] when it shone Or the moon going in its splendor,
- Job 31:27 - And my heart became secretly enticed [by them], And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],
- Job 31:28 - This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
- Job 31:29 - “Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me], Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
- Job 31:30 - No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.
- Job 31:31 - I assure you, the men of my tent have said, ‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?
- Job 31:32 - The stranger has not lodged in the street, Because I have opened my door to the traveler.
- Job 31:33 - Have I concealed my transgressions like Adam or like other men, By hiding my wickedness in my bosom,
- Job 31:34 - Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door?
- Job 31:35 - Oh, that I had one to listen to me! Look, here is my signature (mark); Let the Almighty answer me! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
- Job 31:36 - Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder, And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.
- Job 31:37 - I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life], Approaching His presence as if I were a prince.
- Job 31:38 - “For if my land has cried out against me, And its furrows weep together;
- Job 31:39 - If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them, Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,
- Job 31:40 - Let thorns grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.” So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 - And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom [using clever rhetoric], but [they were delivered] in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit [operating through me] and of [His] power [stirring the minds of the listeners and persuading them],
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 - so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 - I am not saying this as a command [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the enthusiasm of others, the sincerity of your love as well.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15 - But I will very gladly spend [my own resources] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you greatly, am I to be loved less [by you]?
- 2 Corinthians 12:16 - But be that as it may, I did not burden you [with my support]. But [some say that] I was sly and took you by trickery.
- 2 Corinthians 12:17 - Did I take advantage of you or make any money off you through any of the messengers I sent you? [Certainly not!]
- 2 Corinthians 12:18 - I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? [No!] Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit and walk in the same steps? [Of course!]
- 2 Corinthians 12:19 - All this time you have been thinking that we are [merely] defending ourselves to you. It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking [as one] in Christ; and everything, dearly beloved, is to strengthen you [spiritually].
- Job 27:5 - Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me]; Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.
- Job 27:6 - I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go; My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
- 1 Peter 3:21 - Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer’s new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- Romans 16:18 - For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
- Romans 16:19 - For the report of your obedience has reached everyone, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
- Job 13:15 - Even though He kills me; I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
- 1 Peter 3:16 - And see to it that your conscience is entirely clear, so that every time you are slandered or falsely accused, those who attack or disparage your good behavior in Christ will be shamed [by their own words].
- 2 Corinthians 10:2 - I ask that when I do come I will not be driven to the boldness that I intend to show toward those few who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh [like men without the Spirit].
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 - For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 - The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
- Titus 2:7 - And in all things show yourself to be an example of good works, with purity in doctrine [having the strictest regard for integrity and truth], dignified,
- 2 Corinthians 1:17 - So then, was I indecisive or capricious when I was [originally] planning this? Or the things I plan, do I plan in a self-serving way like a worldly man, ready to say, “Yes, yes” and “No, no” [at the same time]?
- Philippians 1:10 - so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin];
- Acts 23:1 - Then Paul, looking intently at the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), said, “Kinsmen, I have lived my life before God with a perfectly good conscience until this very day.”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10 - You are witnesses, and so is God, how unworldly and just and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe [in our Lord Jesus Christ].
- Hebrews 13:18 - Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, seeking to conduct ourselves honorably [that is, with moral courage and personal integrity] in all things.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 - But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
- Acts 24:16 - In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.
- Job 23:10 - But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
- Job 23:11 - My feet have carefully followed His steps; I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
- Job 23:12 - I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
- James 3:13 - Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him by his good conduct show his [good] deeds with the gentleness and humility of true wisdom.
- James 3:14 - But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
- James 3:15 - This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic.
- James 3:16 - For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.
- James 3:17 - But the wisdom from above is first pure [morally and spiritually undefiled], then peace-loving [courteous, considerate], gentle, reasonable [and willing to listen], full of compassion and good fruits. It is unwavering, without [self-righteous] hypocrisy [and self-serving guile].
- James 3:18 - And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 - We also speak of these things, not in words taught or supplied by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual thoughts with spiritual words [for those being guided by the Holy Spirit].
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 - For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.