Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
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In Context
17Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:
Cross References
Romans 2:15Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
1 Corinthians 4:4For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
2 Corinthians 4:2And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
1 Timothy 1:5But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
1 Timothy 3:9Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
Titus 1:15To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
Matthew Henry on Acts 24:11-22
Paul's Third Defence. 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the… Read the whole commentary →