I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
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.
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
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