For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:

The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand

Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with Philip and was astounded as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.

The eunuch replied to Philip, “I ask you, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or another person?”

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

When they reached Ephesus he left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and engaged in discussion with the Jews.

So after sending two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

But Paul went down, fell on him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, for his life is in him!”

Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.

Then the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering for each of them would be made.

However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.

Now I realized that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.

For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

The spiritual person, however, can evaluate everything, yet he himself cannot be evaluated by anyone.

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

The person who speaks in another language builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

But if there is no interpreter, that person should keep silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.

And when everything is subject to Christ, then the Son Himself will also be subject to the One who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.

And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But each person should examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in respect to someone else.

He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Instead He emptied Himself
by assuming the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.

and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself
by making peace
through the blood of His cross—
whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

who gave Himself—a ransom for all,
a testimony at the proper time.

if we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.

So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.

Because of this, he must make a sin offering for himself as well as for the people.

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:

And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham,

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.

But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

He did not do this to offer Himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

when He was reviled,
He did not revile in return;
when He was suffering,
He did not threaten
but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.

(for as he lived among them, that righteous man tormented himself day by day with the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about His Son.)

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

The beast that was and is not, is himself an eighth king, yet he belongs to the seven and is going to destruction.

His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:

Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.