'Us' in the Bible

He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows.

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and He will deliver us. We have put our hope in Him that He will deliver us again

while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.

as you have partially understood us—that we are your reason for pride, as you are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—did not become “Yes and no”; on the contrary, a final “Yes” has come in Him.

For every one of God’s promises is “Yes” in Him. Therefore, the “Amen” is also spoken through Him by us for God’s glory.

Now it is God who strengthens us, with you, in Christ and has anointed us.

He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.

But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

So death works in us, but life in you.

We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and present us with you.

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in the outward appearance rather than in the heart.

For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

You are not limited by us, but you are limited by your own affections.

I speak as to my children. As a proper response, you should also be open to us.

Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.

But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.

Now as you excel in everything—faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us—excel also in this grace.

And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

We are taking this precaution so no one can criticize us about this large sum administered by us.

You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.