'Sake' in the Bible

for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people,

"Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."

As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake, but as far as election is concerned, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors.

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.

Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat.

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and Apollos for your sake, in order that in us you may learn not [to go] beyond what is written, lest someone be inflated with pride on behalf of one [person] against the other.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

and the weak one, the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.

Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

and by conscience I mean for the sake of the other man’s, not yours. For why is my freedom [of choice] judged by another’s conscience [another’s ethics—another’s sense of right and wrong]?

For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also [do]; for indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [it is] {for your sake} in the presence of Christ,

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, more and more people will give thanks and glorify God.

and He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for their sake.

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.

He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].

So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.

Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator.

For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles.

I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

for whose sake I am an ambassador in chains, desiring to declare the gospel as boldly as I should.

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

But for your sake it is better that I remain alive.

And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.

because for the sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.

But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah.

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner.

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.

For the sake of this gospel I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

The Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and showed me kindness [comforting and reviving me like fresh air] and he was not ashamed of my chains [for Christ’s sake];

For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Paul, a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), and our brother Timothy,To Philemon our dearly beloved friend and fellow worker,

and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's sake. Refresh my heart in Christ.

Greetings to you, my brother, from Epaphras my fellow prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus;

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.

For he considered the reproach because of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward.

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.

On the one hand, he was foreknown before the creation of the world, but on the other hand, he was revealed at the end of time for your sake.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

For this is acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.