'Myself' in the Bible
That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant will be cured.
Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
“Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.
I am the One who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”
“If I glorify Myself,” Jesus answered, “My glory is nothing. My Father—you say about Him, ‘He is our God’—He is the One who glorifies Me.
As for Me, if I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all people to Myself.”
If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.
The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
I sanctify Myself for them,so they also may be sanctified by the truth.
But Peter helped him up and said, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’
The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow you will hear him,” he replied.
“I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that today I am going to make a defense before you about everything I am accused of by the Jews,
In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin.
For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.
And Isaiah says boldly:I was foundby those who were not looking for Me;I revealed Myselfto those who were not asking for Me.
But what was God’s reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Baal.
My brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
It is of little importance to me that I should be evaluated by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even evaluate myself.
For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. The One who evaluates me is the Lord.
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.
Although I am a free man and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law—though I myself am not under the law—to win those under the law.
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Now I consider myself in no way inferior to the “super-apostles.”
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.
I will boast about this person, but not about myself, except of my weaknesses.
especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.
If I rebuild the system I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.
I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will also come quickly.
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,