So David himself says of the happiness of those to whom God credits uprightness without any reference to their actions,

By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.

None of us lives only to himself, and none of us dies only to himself;

So each one of us must give an account of himself to God.

For your part, you must keep the faith you have to yourself, as between God and you. He is a happy man who has no fault to find with himself in following the course that he approves,

Christ did not please himself, but as the Scripture says, "The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me."

For God revealed them to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God himself.

For no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is laid, that is, Jesus Christ himself.

If a man's work is burned up, he must stand the loss, though he himself will be saved, but as one who has passed through the fire.

Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.

You must clean out the old yeast and become fresh dough, free from the old as you really are. For our Passover lamb is already sacrificed; it is Christ himself.

If a man was circumcised when he was called, he must not try to alter it. If a man was uncircumcised when he was called, he must not have himself circumcised.

A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup.

For anyone who eats and drinks, eats and drinks a judgment upon himself if he does not recognize the body.

Anyone who speaks ecstatically does himself good, but the inspired preacher does a congregation good.

But if there is no one to explain it, have him keep quiet in church, and talk to himself and to God.

And when everything is reduced to subjection to him, then the Son himself will also become subject to him who has reduced everything to subjection to him, so that God may be everything to everyone.

It is God himself who has prepared me for this change, and he has given me the Spirit as his guaranty.

All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation??19 how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.

For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.

And no wonder, for even Satan himself masquerades as a shining angel.

who to save us from the present wicked world gave himself for our sins at the will of our God and Father.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")

and yet what must have tried you in my physical condition, you did not scorn and despise, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself.

I insist again to any man who lets himself be circumcised, that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law.

For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving himself.

Every man ought to test his own work, and then whatever satisfaction he has will be with reference to himself, and not in comparison with someone else.

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation through the knowledge of himself,

For he is himself our peace. He has united the two divisions, and broken down the barrier that kept us apart,

and through his human nature put an end to the feud between us, and abolished the Law with its rules and regulations, in order to make peace and create out of the two parties one new man by uniting them with himself,

You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.

We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.

and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.

That is the way husbands ought to love their wives??s if they were their own bodies; a man who loves his wife is really loving himself,

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.

For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself.

Never for a moment falter before your opponents, for your fearlessness will be a sure sign for them of their coming destruction, but to you it will be an omen, from God himself, of your deliverance.

When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.

May our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus open my way to you!

that each of you learn to take a wife for himself from pure and honorable motives,

For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise;

May God himself, the giver of peace, consecrate you through and through. Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept sound, and be found irreproachable when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

And may the Lord of peace himself always give you peace in every way. The Lord be with you all.

who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

If we are unfaithful, he will remain faithful, for he cannot be false to himself!"

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.

He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

showing himself to be as much greater than the angels as his title is superior to theirs.

how can we escape if we pay no attention to such a salvation as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and it was guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

while God himself corroborated their testimony with signs, portents, and various wonders, and by impartations of the holy Spirit when he saw fit.

For because he has himself been tempted in what he has suffered he is able to help others who are in trial.

He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,

and on this account he is obliged to offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

For when God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to make oath by, he did so by himself,

Therefore, God in his desire to make it perfectly clear to those to whom he made his promise, that his purpose was unalterable, bound himself with an oath,

But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God.

In one way of putting it, Levi himself, the collector of the tithes, through Abraham paid him tithes,

who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.

to officiate as priest in the sanctuary and in that true tent of worship which not man but the Lord himself set up.

how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God?

Nor does he go in to offer himself over and over again, like the high priest who enters the sanctuary year after year, taking with him blood that is not his own,

Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.

You renegades! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wishes to be the world's friend declares himself God's enemy.

That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

And what he himself has promised us is eternal life.

And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is.

It was he, Jesus Christ himself, who came in water and in blood; not in water only, but in water and in blood. The Spirit also testifies to this, for the Spirit is truth.

So if I come, I will bring up the things that he is doing, and how he is maliciously accusing me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he is interfering with those who want to do so, and has them put out of the church.

The archangel Michael himself, when he had the dispute with the devil about Moses' body, did not venture to condemn him for blasphemy; he only said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

His eyes blazed like fire. There were many diadems on his head, and there was a name written on him which no one knew but himself.

I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See! God's dwelling is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them,