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'For Us' in the Bible

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

And 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.

He who is not against us is for us.

And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.

Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;

For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;

For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain