'According' in the Bible

Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith!”

For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done.

To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean hands?”

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

“I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord: a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons).

Now, Master,You can dismiss Your slave in peace,as You promised.

When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

When He was 12 years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

[For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.]

Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

So Pilate told them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law.”“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared.

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the aromatic spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

“From this man’s descendants, according to the promise, God brought the Savior, Jesus, to Israel.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”

He continued, “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,

Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation with all the Jews residing there,

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck?”

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

They had previously known me for quite some time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh

and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.

He will repay each one according to his works:

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found?

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.

in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.

So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:If prophecy,use it according to the standard of one’s faith;

For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy that one Christ died for by what you eat.

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement allow you to live in harmony with one another, according to the command of Christ Jesus,

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all nations—

Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.

For I passed on to you as most important what I also received:that Christ died for our sinsaccording to the Scriptures,

that He was buried,that He was raised on the third dayaccording to the Scriptures,

I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works.

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise. >

But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,

We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him

We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit,

Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy

I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known,

and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope:

He has saved us and called uswith a holy calling,not according to our works,but according to His own purpose and grace,which was given to us in Christ Jesusbefore time began.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead and descended from David. This is according to my gospel.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done,but according to His mercy,through the washing of regenerationand renewal by the Holy Spirit.

At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to His will.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

After He says above, You did not want or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law),

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ.May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

So those who suffer according to God’s will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.”

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.