'Own' in the Bible

For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity, he condemned sin by being incarnate,

The one who did not spare his own Son, but offered him as a sacrifice for all of us, surely will give us all things, along with his Son, won't he?

for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people,

For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.

After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!

For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? He stands or falls before his own Lord and stand he will, because the Lord makes him stand.

One person decides in favor of one day over another, while another person decides that all days are the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind:

As for the faith you do have, have it as your own conviction before God. How blessed is the person who has no reason to condemn himself because of what he approves!

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise with their own trickery,"

We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure.

Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

and those who mourn as though they did not mourn, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not own a thing,

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink any of its milk?

No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.

just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.

So if a woman does not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. If it is a disgrace for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her own head.

This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.

But God gives the plant the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form.

I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand.

We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.

This is what comforted us. In addition to our own comfort, we were even more delighted at the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been set at rest by all of you.

I can testify that by their own free will they have given to the utmost of their ability, yes, even beyond their ability.

He welcomed my request and eagerly went to visit you by his own free will.

We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are.

I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.

I have traveled extensively and have been endangered from rivers, robbers, my own people, and gentiles. I've also been in danger in the city, in the open country, at sea, from false brothers,

Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

For everyone must carry his own load.

Look at how large these letters are because I am writing with my own hand!

Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory.

The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

This greeting is written with my own signature "Paul." Remember that I remain imprisoned. May grace be with you! Amen.

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with the Messiah Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews

Each of you must know how to control his own body in a holy and honorable manner,

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine. It is the way I write.

He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.

If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.

For the time will come when people will not tolerate healthy doctrine, but with itching ears will surround themselves with teachers who cater to their people's own desires.

One of their very own prophets said, "Liars ever, men of Crete, savage brutes that live to eat."

And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.

Our own people should also learn to make good deeds a priority when urgent needs arise, so they won't be unproductive.

19I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)

because the one who enters God's rest has himself rested from his own actions, just as God did from his.

For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people.

and who have fallen away, as long as they continue to crucify the Son of God to their own detriment by exposing him to public ridicule.

The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like high priests do, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he went into the Most Holy Place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.

Nor did he go into heaven to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

That is why Jesus, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, also suffered outside the city gate.

Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it.

You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,

First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us

He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.

They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.

I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.

he shouted in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke with voices of their own.

Between the city street and the river, the tree of life was visible from each side. It produced twelve kinds of fruit, each month having its own fruit. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.