20 occurrences

'Own' in the Bible

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

Verse ConceptsBodyOne FleshUnity, God's Goal OfAuthorityHusband And WifeMarriage Between Man And WomanWifeMan And WomanA Good Husbandspouseatheismcouplesbelongingmarraigematrimonymistress

Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsSinglenessCelibacyDifferent ThingsLike People In Characterthe Gifts of GodPurityGifts And TalentsBeing Single

This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsOrderly PatternsPutting In OrderBeing Devoted to GodBeing Singledistractionsorderdevotion

But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceUnmarriedPositive Thinkingactingsteadfastvirginity

So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

Verse ConceptsGood ActivityNot MarryingMarriage Kjvmatrimonyvirginity

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGrapesMilkSoldiersVineyardPlanting VineyardsPerspective

I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

Verse ConceptsConsciousnessChristian LibertyReligious FreedomFreedomJudging Others Actionsconscience

just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfSelfishness, Shown InPleasing MenAdaptability

for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperWaitingcommunionovereating

does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,

Verse ConceptsAggressionBeing In LoveIrritationMannersDo Not Be SelfishPeople Forgiving OthersUnconditional Love

But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

Verse ConceptsPlanting SeedsSeedsVarieties

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