'For Us' in the Bible

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

"Nevertheless, that we may not give offense, go to the seaside, throw in your hook; take the first fish that rises, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel in it. Take it and give it to them for us both."

"'Not so, answered the wise, 'for there may not be enough for you and for us. Go to the shops, rather, and buy some for yourselves.'

"Master," said Peter, addressing Jesus, "it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He who is not against us is for us.

Presently there came up to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, and said, "Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask you."

He will himself show you a large, upper room, furnished and ready. there make preparation for us."

and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"

"And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David,

"for he loves our nation, and himself has built a synagogue for us."

"Do you yourselves give them food," he answered. "We have nothing," they replied "Except five loaves, and a couple fish, unless you mean for us to go and buy provisions for all the crowd."

And when they were preparing to depart from him Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"??ot knowing what he was saying.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did.

"Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

"Teacher, Moses wrote a law for us that if a man's brother should die, but leave no children, his brother should take up his wife and raise up his children for his brother.

So Jesus went to Peter and John saying, "Go and prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat it."

Then the Twelve called the general body of the disciples together, and said to them. "It is not fitting for us to leave off preaching the Word of God, and minister at tables.

"Said they to Aaron. "Make Gods for us who shall march in front of us! As for this Moses who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

"how that God fulfilled it for us their children in raising up Jesus; as it is also written in the second Psalm, "Thou art my son, today have I become thy Father.

"They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise."

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

What shall we say then, to these things? If God be for us, Who can be against us?

He that spared not his own Son, But freely delivered him up for us all, How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Who is there to condemn them? Will Christ who died? Yes, and who rose from the dead, The Christ who is also at the right hand of God, And is interceding for us?

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

Is it the oxen that God is thinking about, or is it really said for our sakes? It was written for us; because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of getting a share of the crop.

Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),

He died for us, in order that whether we are keeping vigil in life or sleeping in death we may ever be living together with him.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

He saved us, not because of any deeds that we had done in righteousness, But because of his own pity for us. He saved us by that washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit

not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption.

by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh);

since it was for us that God had in store some better thing, so that apart from us they should not be perfected.

By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

And we do know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who is abiding in love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him.