'Account' in the Bible
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.
“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done,
When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.
And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,
When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;
For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”
But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”
So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;
For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it.
Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.
For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!