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# whom I serve from my forefathers
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"whom I serve as my ancestors did"
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# with a clean conscience
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Paul speaks of his conscience as if it could be physically clean. This means that a person does not feel guilty because he has always tried to do what was right. Alternate translation: "knowing I have tried my hardest to do what is right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# as I constantly remember you
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"when I remember you continually" or "while I remember you all the time"
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# night and day
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Here "night and day" are used together to mean "always." Alternate translation: "Always" or "Constantly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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