2Cor 1:12 | HCSB | STEP | For this is our confidence : The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world , and especially toward you , with God-given sincerity and purity , not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace .

2 Corinthians 1:12

A Clear Conscience

12 For this is our confidence: The testimony ^a of our conscience ^b is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly ^{▼▼The word fleshly (characterized by flesh) indicates that the wisdom is natural rather than spiritual.} wisdom ^d but by God’s grace. ^e