'According' in the Bible

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- 'A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.

for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.

So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

(according as it hath been written -- 'For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

for the word of promise is this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

according as it hath been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, 'How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy that one Christ died for by what you eat.

for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him -- '

for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it.

See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman to offer prayer to God [publicly] with her head uncovered?

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

But all these things operates the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each in particular according as he pleases.

But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan.

For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.

But let all [things] be [done] decently and according to proper procedure.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit [is it] to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.

But we all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord the Spirit.

Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

Now I rejoice, not that ye have been grieved, but that ye have been grieved to repentance; for ye have been grieved according to God, that in nothing ye might be injured by us.

For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.

For, behold, this same thing, your being grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought in you, but what excusing of yourselves, but what indignation, but what fear, but what ardent desire, but what zeal, but what vengeance: in every way ye have proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,

not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

according as it hath been written, 'He who did gather much, had nothing over; and he who did gather little, had no lack.'

and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

(according as it hath been written, 'He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds;

The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's;

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,