'For Us' in the Bible

It was for you first of all that God raised up His Servant and Son [Jesus], and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.

But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."

They said to Aaron, "'Make gods for us, to march in front of us; for as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

"You brothers, descendants of Abraham's family and those of you who respect God very much, this message of salvation was intended for us.

that God has completely fulfilled this promise to our children by raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son; today I have begotten (fathered) You.’

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, 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.

Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

These going before tarried for us at Troas.

but the young man was brought in alive and well, to the joy of the whole assembly. As for us, we embark'd, and sail'd to Assos,

And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.

As for us, our voyage was over when having sailed from Tyre we reached Ptolemais. here we inquired after the welfare of the brethren, and remained a day with them.

And when it was determined for us to sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain others bound to a centurion named Julius, of Augustus' band.

There Julius, the military officer, arranged [passage] for us on a ship, [originating] from Alexandria, [and] bound for Italy, and put us on board.

It took several days of slow sailing for us to come with difficulty off Cnidus; from which point, as the wind did not allow us to get on in the direct course, we ran under the lee of Crete by Salmone.

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small tempest impending, finally all hope for us to be saved was removed.

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

They also loaded us with honours, and when at last we sailed they put supplies on board for us.