But what does this inner knowledge or consciousness pertain to? The usages of conscience in the New Testament suggest that it pertains, broadly speaking, to one’s ethics or morals; i.e., the conscience is a moral consciousness. Therefore, based on ethnology and New Testament usage, the conscience can be defined as “the inner knowledge or awareness of, and sensitivity to, some moral standard.”11 That standard may differ with each individual, as will be discussed later, but even so the conscience is