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16. ἐν τούτῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀσκῶ, herein also I exercise myself. Herein, i.e. in the worship, faith and hope spoken of in the last two verses; while holding this belief, and because I hold it, I try to keep my conscience clear. ‘I exercise myself’ that I may, by constant training and striving, at length get near to what I aim after.
ἀπρόσκοπον συνείδησιν ἔχειν, to have a conscience void of offence. The primary meaning of ἀπρόσκοπος is found Sirach 23 (35):21 where ὁδὸς ἀπρόσκοπος = a plain way, one where there are no stumblers nor anything to stumble at. A man of whose conscience the figure could be used was neither likely to be a profaner of the Temple nor a mover of sedition. The adverb διαπαντός has a very emphatic place as the last word in the verse.