These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

And they *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”

Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, “Tend My sheep.

And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,
Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’

Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains.

especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through Isaac your descendants will be named.”

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.

For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.