Lexicon :: Strong's G1683 - emautou

“For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command.[fn] I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this! ’ and he does it.”

“That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.[fn]

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

As he was teaching in the temple, Jesus cried out, “You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true. You don’t know him;

“Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, 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.”

So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own. But just as the Father taught me, I say these things.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me.

“If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father ​— ​about whom you say, ‘He is our God’ ​— ​he is the one who glorifies me.

“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

“As for me, if I am lifted up[fn] from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”

“For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said.

“If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

“Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works.

“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 that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course[fn] and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

“I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,

“In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal.

It is of little importance to me that I should be judged by you or by any human court.[fn] In fact, I don’t even judge myself.

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favoring one person over another.

I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.

Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.[fn]

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, since 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.

If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

Brothers and sisters, I do not[fn] consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.