'Cause' in the Bible

Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

the others proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely, seeking to cause me anxiety in my imprisonment.

so that your rejoicing for me may overflow in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

though I also have cause of trust in flesh. If any other one doth think to have trust in flesh, I more;

Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.