'For Us' in the Bible

"Let it be so for the present," Jesus answered, "since it is fitting for us thus to satisfy every claim of religion." Upon this, John consented.

But the prudent ones answered 'No, for fear that there will not be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell it, and buy for yourselves.'

"Now play the Prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

He who is not against us is for us.

James and John, the two sons of Zebediah, went to Jesus, and said: "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us."

They were saying to one another: "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"

And has raised up for us the Strength of our Salvation In the House of his servant David--

"For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our Synagogue for us."

When once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, 'Sir, open the door for us.' His answer will be--'I do not know where you come from.'

"Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that-- 'Should a man's married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.'

But they began to shout as one man: "Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us."

The Twelve, therefore, called together the general body of the disciples and said to them: "It is not well for us to see to the distribution at the tables and neglect God's Message.

While they said to Aaron--'Make us Gods who will lead the way for us, since, as for this Moses who has brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

"They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt."

These men went to Troas and waited for us there;

But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.

Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus!-or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God's right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!

And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;

There is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.

Make room for us in your hearts. In no instance have we ever wronged, or harmed, or taken advantage of, any one.

So, then, even though I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of the man who was wronged, but to make you conscious, in the sight of God, of your own earnest care for us. And it is this that has encouraged us.

Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

And at the same time pray for us, that God may give us an opening for our Message, so that we may speak of the truths hidden in the Christ--the truths for which I am in chains!

For it was from you that the Lord's Message resounded throughout Macedonia and Greece; and, more than that, your faith in God has become known far and wide; so that there is no need for us to say another word.

May our God and Father himself, and Jesus, our Lord, make the way plain for us to come to you.

For God destined us, not for Wrath, but to win Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us,

Brothers, pray for us.

In conclusion, Brothers, pray for us--pray that the Lord's Message may spread rapidly, and be received everywhere with honour, as it was among you;

how can we, of all people, expect to escape, if we disregard so great a Salvation? It was the Master who at the outset spoke of this Salvation, and its authority was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

by the way which he inaugurated for us--a new and living way, a way through the Sanctuary Curtain (that is, his human nature);

since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.

Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from Heaven.

Pray for us, for we are sure that our consciences are clear, since our wish is to be occupied with what is good.

My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous--

And, moreover, we have learned to know, and have accepted as a fact, the love which God has for us. God is Love; and he who lives in love lives in God, and God in him.