Difference between revisions of "Conscience"

<div> '''1: '''''Συνείδησις''''' ''' (Strong'S #4893 — Noun [[Feminine]] — suneidesis — soon-i'-day-sis ) </div> <p> lit., "a knowing with" (sun, "with," oida, "to know"), i.e., "a co-knowledge (with oneself), the witness borne to one's conduct by conscience, that faculty by which we apprehend the will of God, as that which is designed to govern our lives;" hence (a) the sense of guiltness before God; &nbsp;Hebrews 10:2; (b) that process of thought which distinguishes what it considers morally good or bad, commending the good, condemning the bad, and so prompting to do the former, and avoid the latter; &nbsp;Romans 2:15 (bearing witness with God's law); &nbsp; Hebrews 9:1; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 1:12; acting in a certain way because "conscience" requires it, &nbsp;Romans 13:5; so as not to cause scruples of "conscience" in another, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:28,29; not calling a thing in question unnecessarily, as if conscience demanded it, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:25,27; "commending oneself to every man's conscience," &nbsp;2 Corinthians 4:2; cp. &nbsp;2 Corinthians 5:11 . There may be a "conscience" not strong enough to distinguish clearly between the lawful and the unlawful, &nbsp;1 Corinthians 8:7,10,12 (some regard consciousness as the meaning here). The phrase "conscience toward God," in &nbsp; 1 Peter 2:19 , signifies a "conscience" (or perhaps here, a consciousness) so controlled by the apprehension of God's presence, that the person realizes that griefs are to be borne in accordance with His will. &nbsp;Hebrews 9:9 teaches that sacrifices under the Law could not so perfect a person that he could regard himself as free from guilt. For various descriptions of "conscience" see &nbsp; Acts 23:1; &nbsp;24:16; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 8:7; &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:5,19; &nbsp;3:9; &nbsp;4:2; &nbsp;2 Timothy 1:3; &nbsp;Titus 1:15; &nbsp;Hebrews 9:14; &nbsp;10:22; &nbsp;13:18; &nbsp;1 Peter 3:16,21 . </p>