“And so we are confident that you will have "a good conscience," that is, a perfect opinion on everything. We must live righteously in everything which concerns us. But I invite you to do more, "that is, to encourage us to this task."”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 13
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18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
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16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
— Hebrews 13:18 —
19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,