And if thy right hand leads thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is highly thy interest that one of thy members should be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

so if satan rise up in opposition to his own interest, his power cannot subsist, but must entirely cease.

He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.

If you lend [money] to those from whom you expect to receive [it back], what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to receive back the same amount.

“A certain moneylender had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

He who is not with Me [believing in Me as Lord and Savior] is against Me [there is no impartial position]; and he who does not gather with Me [assisting in My ministry], scatters.

When you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, pay the interest, and get your discharge, while you are on the way; for fear he should bring you before the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into jail.

If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

you little consider it is our interest, that one man should die for the people, to prevent the destruction of the whole nation.

It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people.

But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

And Herod was going to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they came to him with one consent, and making interest with Blastus the king's chamberlain, they sued for peace; because their territory was supplied with provision by the king's country.

Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

Then, all of them [Note: This "all" could refer to the Greeks, the Jews or the Roman officers. Since the text does not specify, it seems most reasonable to suggest it was the Romans] grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the court of justice. But Gallio showed no interest in the whole affair.

And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships.

but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness--anger and wrath,

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.

It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.

Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.

Let no man consult barely his own interest: but every man that of others.

so that there would be no division or discord in the body [that is, lack of adaptation of the parts to each other], but that the parts may have the same concern for one another.

was this design therefore the effect of levity? or do I design first one thing, and then another, as it best suits my worldly interest?

Now I will give you my opinion on this matter. For this is for your interest, because you were not only the first to do anything about it, but the first to want to do so; you started it a year ago.

But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you;

For Titus not only accepted our appeal, but was so very interested in you that he has gone to visit you of his own accord.

And not only that, but he has been elected by the Churches to accompany us on our journey, in Keynesian with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honor of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.

Along with them I am also sending our brother: I have had ample proof of his keen interest on many occasions, and it is specially keen on this occasion, as he has absolute confidence in you.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth [and the gospel—the good news of salvation].

And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.

But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Christ is of no use to you, whoever of you seek to be justified by the law; you have lost all interest in the gospel-dispensation.

I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others.

for there is no one that is so dear to me as he, and no one will more sincerely interest himself in your concerns.

I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, that now at last you have renewed your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned about me before, but you had no opportunity to show it.

It is not the money I am anxious for; what I am anxious for is the interest that accumulates in this way to your divine credit!

At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.

For I can testify to his deep interest in you and in those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,

But you have followed [Note: These words mean "to observe closely, have a keen interest in"] my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,

let all your anxieties fall upon him, for his interest is in you.

no renegado that deserts the doctrine of Christ, has any interest in the deity: he that adheres to the doctrine of Christ, has an interest both in the father, and in the son.

and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall exclude him from any interest in the tree of life, and in the holy city, and in the things which are written in this book."