which was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.

And so I do my best always to have a clear conscience before God and people.

I am speaking the truth; I belong to Christ and I do not lie. My conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, also assures me that I am not lying

We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom.

We put aside all secret and shameful deeds; we do not act with deceit, nor do we falsify the word of God. In the full light of truth we live in God's sight and try to commend ourselves to everyone's good conscience.

The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.

and keep your faith and a clear conscience. Some people have not listened to their conscience and have made a ruin of their faith.

I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day.

Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.

Keep on praying for us. We are sure we have a clear conscience, because we want to do the right thing at all times.

Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.

Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.

"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.

In the same way you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands, so that if any of them do not believe God's word, your conduct will win them over to believe. It will not be necessary for you to say a word,

because they will see how pure and reverent your conduct is.