Acts Chapter 24 verse 16 Holy Bible
Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
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And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
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For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
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And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.
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Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
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and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Herein... also for and hereby, A.V. and T.R.; to have a conscience... always for to have always, etc., A.V.; and men for and toward men, A.V. (For the sentiment, comp. Acts 23:1.) Herein (ἐν τόυτῳ); i.e. on this account, under these circumstances supplying the ground and cause of my action (comp. John 16:30). So, too, Matthew 6:7, Ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ αὐτῶν means "On account of their much speaking." I exercise myself; ἀσκῶ, here only in the New Testament, but frequent in medical writers for "to practice" the medical art.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) And herein do I exercise myself . . .--The "herein" seems equivalent to "in this belief." Because he held that doctrine of a resurrection as a stern and solemn reality, the one law of his life was to keep his conscience clear from wilful sin. (See Note on Acts 23:1.) The words must have been almost as bitter to Felix as to Ananias; but he has, at all events, the decency to listen in silence.
