Askeo describes sustained personal effort toward maintaining a clear conscience before God and people.

The attested use describes ongoing personal effort directed toward having a clear conscience before God and people.

1. Sustained effort toward a clear conscience · dominant

   In Acts 24:16, the first-person present active indicative form occurs in the speaker's statement about continually taking pains to have a clear conscience before God and people; the APB renders the clause, "So I always take pains to have a clear conscience before God and man."

   Acts 24:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 24:16, the APB presents the clause as "I always take pains" in relation to having a clear conscience. This identifies the clause's presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.