Conscience
What shows that Jehovah has given all humans a conscience?
See also 2Co 4:2
What can happen to the conscience when a person persists in wrongdoing?
Is it enough just to believe that what we are doing is right?
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Relevant Bible account(s):
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2Ch 18:1-3; 19:1, 2—King Jehoshaphat unwisely lends help to wicked King Ahab and is rebuked by Jehovah
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Ac 22:19, 20; 26:9-11—The apostle Paul recounts how he once thought that it was right to persecute and kill Christ’s followers
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How can the conscience be properly trained?
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Relevant Bible account(s):
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1Sa 24:2-7—King David’s conscience moves him to treat Jehovah’s anointed one King Saul properly
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How can sinful humans have a clean conscience before God?
Why should we not ignore the guidance of a conscience that is trained according to God’s Word?
Ac 24:15, 16; 1Ti 1:5, 6, 19; 1Pe 3:16
See also Ro 13:5
Why should we be careful not to stumble a brother or a sister whose conscience is not yet well-trained?
What goal should we have regarding our conscience?