autos refers back to a person or thing and can mark that the same one or thing is in view.

The sampled verses most often use autos to refer back to a person, group, or thing already present in the clause, including relations such as belonging to, acting toward, or being in someone or something. In adjective-tagged forms, it also identifies the same Spirit, Lord, flesh, or food.

1. Reference to a person, group, or thing in view · dominant

   The personal forms point back to participants or things within the clause: in 1 Corinthians 15:25 the APB renders enemies being put under "his feet," while 1 Corinthians 1:9 speaks of fellowship with "his Son." In 1 Corinthians 10:26, the genitive feminine form occurs in the statement that the earth is the Lord's "and its fullness," and in 1 Corinthians 14:25 the hidden things are those of "his heart."

   1 Corinthians 15:251 Corinthians 1:91 Corinthians 10:261 Corinthians 14:251 Corinthians 16:111 John 2:3
2. Identification as the same one or kind · common

   Adjective-tagged forms identify repeated identity rather than a new referent. In 1 Corinthians 12:5 the APB contrasts varieties of services with "the same Lord," and in 1 Corinthians 12:9 it names faith and gifts given "by the same Spirit." In 1 Corinthians 15:39, the clause distinguishes kinds of flesh by saying that not all flesh is "the same flesh."

   1 Corinthians 12:51 Corinthians 12:91 Corinthians 15:391 Corinthians 10:31 Corinthians 12:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the reference with forms such as "his," "him," "them," or "its," while adjective-tagged occurrences are rendered with "same" or "one." These renderings confirm the clauses' references rather than assigning every English pronoun to a particular form.