'Themselves' in the Bible

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming!"

Now [when it] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, "The place is desolate and the hour {is late}. Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages [and] purchase food for themselves."

So they were discussing [this] among themselves, saying, "[It is] because we did not take bread."

And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

For there are eunuchs who were born as such from [their] mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves [eunuchs] for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept [this], let him accept [it]."

And [as] Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples by themselves and said to them on the way,

From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But [when] the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!'

Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as {they do}, for they tell [others to do something] and do not do [it themselves].

And they tie up heavy burdens and put [them] on people's shoulders, but [they] themselves are not willing with their finger to move them

And [when they] had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these [things] in your hearts?

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

And they went away in the boat to an isolated place by themselves.

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages [and] purchase something to eat for themselves."

And he went up with them into the boat, and the wind abated. And {they were extraordinarily} astounded within themselves,

And after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.

And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots for them [to see] who should take what.

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

And those who were reclining at the table with [him] began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

And they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] exalted among men [is] an abomination in the sight of God.

And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, [because they] had seen all [the things] he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.

Believe me that I [am] in the Father and the Father [is] in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.

And now I am coming to you, and I am saying these [things] in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

And for them I sanctify myself, so that [they] themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, [to see] whose it will be," so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." Thus the soldiers did these [things].

And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

And every day, devoting themselves [to meeting] with one purpose in the temple [courts] and breaking bread from house [to house], they were eating [their] food with joy and simplicity of heart,

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.

But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public without due process--men who are Roman citizens--[and] threw [us] into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves [and] bring us out!"

Therefore do this that we tell you: {we have} four men who have [taken] a vow upon themselves.

And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that from synagogue [to synagogue] I was imprisoning and beating those who believed in you.

And [when it] was day, the Jews made a conspiracy [and] bound themselves under a curse, saying [they would] neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

having a hope in God which these [men] also themselves await: [that] there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

or these [men] themselves should say what crime they found [when] I stood before the Sanhedrin,

So they all were encouraged and partook of food themselves.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,

and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.

For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, [although they] do not have the law, are a law to themselves,

For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn [with sexual desire].

Now I urge you, brothers--you know about the household of Stephanas, that they are the first fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the ministry for the saints--

And he died for all, in order 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, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and [then] to us, by the will of God.

For we do not dare to classify or to compare ourselves with some who commend themselves, but [they] themselves, [when they] measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, do not understand.

For such people [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Therefore [it is] not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

I wish that the ones who are disturbing you would also {castrate themselves}!

For not even those who are circumcised observe the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised in order that they may boast in your flesh.

who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness.

For [they] themselves report about us, what sort of welcome we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve [the] living and true God,

For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God [which] are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same [things] at the hands of your own people, just as [they] themselves [did] also at the hands of the Jews,

Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,

For those who have served well 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 evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of [what is] truly life.

for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},

and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to repentance, [because they] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.

For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.

Therefore [it was] necessary [for] the sketches of the [things] in heaven to be purified with these [sacrifices], but the heavenly [things] themselves [to be purified] with better sacrifices than these.

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?

Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name {of the one to whom you belong}?

to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same [things] which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which} angels desire to look.

For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands,

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.

promising them freedom [although they] themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is also enslaved.

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, and have given themselves up to the error of Balaam for gain, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.

These are the ones feasting together without reverence, hidden reefs at your love feasts, caring for themselves, waterless clouds carried away by winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted,

'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false.

'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

Behold, I am causing [those] of the synagogue of Satan, the ones who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying--behold, I will make them {come} and kneel down before your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves in order to blow them.

And the rest were killed by the sword of the one who is seated on the horse--the [sword] that comes out of his mouth--and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.