'Us' in the Bible

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

But as for us, brothers, after we were forced to leave you for a short time (in person, not in heart), we greatly desired and made every effort to return and see you face to face.

So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

But now Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love and reported that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want to see you.

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification.

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

Brothers, pray for us also.