Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" On hearing that it was the Lord, Simon Peter girt his fisher's coat about him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the water.

This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after he had risen from among the dead.

After his sufferings he had also shown himself alive to them in many convincing manifestations, revealing himself to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

For David did not ascend into heaven; but he himself said, "The Lord said to my Lord Sit thou on my right hand

"On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage.

Now for some time a man named Simon had been practicing sorcery in that city, and had amazed the people of Samaria. He gave himself out to be some great person.

And Simon himself also believed, and after his baptism he remained with Philip, and was full of amazement as he beheld the signs and striking miracles which were performed.

"Pray," asked the eunuch of Philip, "of whom is the prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some one else?"

Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town, he kept preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.

Peter, coming to himself, said, "Now I know for a certainty that the Lord has sent his angel and released me from the hand of Herod, and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating."

and yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."

The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

"neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.

When they came to Ephesus he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

So he sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, while he himself kept back for a time on his way into Asia.

Then Paul went down, threw himself upon him, and embracing him, said: "Do not lament; his life is still in him."

"In all things I have set you an example, how that so toiling, you ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Then Paul took the men, and after purifying himself with them next day, went into the temple to declare the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

But Festus answered that Paul was in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.

But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give any man up for punishment, before the accused had his accusers face to face, and had opportunity of defending himself against the charges that had been brought against him.

"I could not find that he had done anything for which he ought to die; but as he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself.

When we finally entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier to guard him.

For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,

I say, at this present time; that he himself might be just, and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

Why, a man will hardly give his life for another, even for a righteous man, though perchance for a good man one might even take it upon himself to die.

For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;

In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.

Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

For not one of us lives unto himself, and not one dies unto himself.

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Have you faith? Keep it to yourself as in the presence of God. He is a happy man who does not condemn himself in that which he approves.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but as it is written, The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.

But the spiritual man discerns everything, yet is himself discerned by no one.

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as it were through the flames.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself.

Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body? (For God says, The two shall become one flesh.)

Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.

Let each man scrutinize himself, and thus let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

For whoever eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.

He who speaks in a tongue upbuilds himself; but he who prophesies upbuilds the church.

But if all are prophesying when an unlearned or unbelieving man enters, he is convicted in conscience by your speaker, he feels himself judged by all,

If any one thinks himself a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that what I am now writing you is a command of the Lord.

For when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself shall subject himself to Him who made them subject, that God may be all in all.

And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;

how that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to men their trespasses; and that to me he has entrusted the message of that reconciliation.

Look these facts in the face. If any man is fully persuaded as regards himself that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again with himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also am I.

Let such a man assure himself that my actions, when I am present, will be just like my words in my letters when I am absent.

No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age in accordance with the will of our God and Father,

For until certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentile Christians, but when they came, he began to draw back and to separate himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

and although my bodily affliction was a trial to you, you did not scoff at it nor spurn me, but welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself.

I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.

Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted.

If a man fancies himself to be somebody when he is really nobody he is deceiving himself.

Let each one test his own work, and he will then have something to be proud of by comparing himself with himself, and not with any one else;

For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ,

when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace.

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

so as to present her to himself, the church glorified, without spot or wrinkle or any such blemish; but on the contrary holy and faultless.

That is how husbands ought to love their wives, as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;

Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.

but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men.

More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.

who will change the fashion of the body of our abasement into the likeness of his glorious body by the energy with which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.

May their hearts be comforted! May they be knit together in love! May they gain in all its riches the full assurance of their understanding! May they come to a perfect knowledge of the secret truth of God, which is Christ himself.

And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions,

For this reason also I am giving continual thanks to God, because when you heard from me the spoken word of God, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God (which in truth it is), who himself is effectually at work in you believe.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct my path to you.

For the Lord himself with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven. Then the dead in Christ will rise first.

the adversary, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or is an object of worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, and vaunts himself as God.

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,

And may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

who gave himself as a ransom in behalf of all, to be attested in due time.

A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.

If we prove faithless. he abides faithful, for he cannot be false to himself."

If then a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he will be a vessel for honor, consecrated, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

so that the man of God may himself be complete, and completely equipped for every good work.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

I am sending him back to you, he himself, that is, my very heart!

He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.

God himself corroborating their testimony by signs and wonders and a variety of miraculous powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted in accordance with his own will.

For inasmuch as he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted.

He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with moral weakness,

and because of this weakness he is bound to offer sin-offerings not only for the people, but also for himself.

Again no one takes this honorable office for himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.

So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father;

while God himself pronounced him High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying.

whither Jesus himself is entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.