Conscience is the inner witness that can be clean, weak, or wounded.
I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying;
my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit.
Their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart
and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Conscience bears witness. Paul appeals to his in the Holy Spirit. It can also be weak. In Corinth the weak conscience is defiled when a brother eats as if the idol were something, because he was taught it was. Wounding their conscience when it is weak is sin against Christ. Christian liberty does not run over that witness. A good conscience is part of the aim of the charge, with a pure heart and a sincere faith.
Do not wound a weak conscience. Do not ignore your own. The aim is a good conscience, not a silent one.
My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit.
Their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
Love from a pure heart and a good conscience.
My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit.
Their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
When you wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
The aim is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Do not wound a weak conscience. Do not ignore your own. A good conscience is the aim, not a silent one.
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