Themselves

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.

So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

…and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,

And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

…or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

…treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.

…and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.