Keeping a Clear Conscience
“Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.” (1 Peter 3:16)
It’s possible to have a clear conscience and yet still have people speak ill of you. Even if you’re living right, evil men may still speak against you. BUT – when you live to please God with a clear conscience, even though men may speak against you, in the end they will be ashamed. They will have to keep quiet because your good life and your good works will defend you.