2 Corinthians 1:12
And 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 of God.
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our rejoicing.

Job 13:15
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Job 23:10-12
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. . . .

Job 27:5, 6
I will never declare that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. . . .

Job 31:1-40
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? . . .

Psalm 7:3-5
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, . . .

Psalm 44:17-21
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. . . .

Isaiah 38:3
saying, "Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Acts 24:16
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 4:4
My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

Galatians 6:4
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

1 Timothy 1:5, 19, 20
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. . . .

Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

1 Peter 3:16, 21
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you will be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ. . . .

1 John 3:19-22
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: . . .

simplicity.

2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Romans 16:18, 19
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. . . .

godly.

2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

Joshua 24:14
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

Philippians 1:10
so that you can discern what is best, that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Titus 2:7
In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

not.

2 Corinthians 1:17
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say "Yes, yes" when I really mean "No, no"?

2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, 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 the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 10:2-4
I beg you that when I come, I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:15-19
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less? . . .

1 Corinthians 2:4, 5, 13
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, . . .

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

James 3:13-18
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. . . .

James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

we have.

Parallel Verses
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.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God's grace.

International Standard Version
For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace—especially toward you.

NET Bible
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For our pride is this testimony of our conscience, that in generosity and in purity and in the grace of God we have been employed in the world, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, and all the more with you and yours.
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