But when Paul perceived that one part was of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, "Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

And looking intently at him, all those who sat in the council saw his face like [the] face of an angel.

as also the high priest testifies of me, along with the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus in order to bring those who were there, having been bound, to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues, but the righteous is confident as a lion.

"Men, brothers and fathers, hear my defense to you now."

And in this I myself am engaging, having a conscience blameless toward God and men through everything.

For I am conscious of nothing, but I have not been justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, how unceasingly I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live commendably.

having a good conscience, so that in what they speak against you as evildoers, those reviling your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.