King James Version

Acts 24:16

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “all [times]” (παντός.) after through here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before I myself here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “always” (διαπαντός) before through here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἐνenhereinἐνpreposition — “herein”G1722in, on, among.hereinτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀσκῶaskōto striveἀσκέω (askeō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to strive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG778I train, practice, exercise.ἀπρόσκοπονaproskoponnot giving offenceἀπρόσκοπος (aproskopos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “not giving offence”, the object formG677(free from hurt or harm, hence) not offending, not causing offence, blameless.συνείδησινsuneidēsinconscienceσυνείδησις (suneidēsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “conscience”, the object formG4893the conscience, a persisting notion.ἔχεινecheinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active infinitive — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpoustoward menἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “toward men”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.toward menδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.παντόςpantosallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.διαπαντόςdiapantosalwaysδιαπαντόςadjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “always”, the of-formG1275

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

Young’s Literal Translation

and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

World English Bible

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

Darby Translation

For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.

Douay-Rheims

And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence toward God, and towards men.

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