'Present' in the Bible
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.