'Themselves' in the Bible
With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”
When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”
And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.
They all became encouraged and took food themselves.
Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors
[After he said these things, the Jews departed, while engaging in a prolonged debate among themselves.]
Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.
Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you
And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.
and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.
For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works.
I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!
For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more.
for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,
For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
storing up for themselves a good reserve for the age to come, so that they may take hold of life that is real.
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.
This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works for cases of urgent need, so that they will not be unfruitful.
For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.
Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.
For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,
So those who suffer according to God’s will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;
I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.
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