'Assume' in the Bible
“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
"When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.
Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
For these [men] are not drunk, as you assume, because it is the third hour of the day.
but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man].
Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] will be judged by a higher standard [because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly].