Quotes About Accountability

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for todayís events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”

But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”

I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.

For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Although they know Godís righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

And we know that Godís judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape Godís judgment?

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

on the day when God will judge menís secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.