2 Corinthians 1:12

Paul's boast is the testimony of a clear conscience: he conducted himself with godly sincerity and grace, not worldly cunning. His integrity, not human cleverness, marks his ministry.

Cross-references · 37

• 2 Cor 2:17For 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.
• 1 Cor 2:13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
• Jas 3:13–18Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
• 1 Th 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
• Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
• 1 Pet 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Job 23:10–12Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
• 2 Cor 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
• 2 Cor 4:2Instead, 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.
• 1 Cor 15:10But 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.
• Heb 13:18Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
• 2 Cor 12:15–19And 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?
• Phil 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
• 1 Cor 2:4–5My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
• Job 27:5–6I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
• 1 Cor 5:8Therefore 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.
• 1 Pet 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
• Eph 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
• 1 Cor 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• 2 Cor 11:3I 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.
• 1 Jn 3:19–22And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
• Job 31:1–40“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
• 2 Cor 1:17When 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”?
• Ps 7:3–5O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
• 1 Tim 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
• Rom 16:18–19For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
• Gal 6:4Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
• Ps 44:17–21All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
• Rom 9:1I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
• Isa 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• 1 Tim 1:19–20holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
• Jas 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Titus 2:7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
• Josh 24:14Now, 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.
• 2 Cor 10:2–4I 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.

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