'Us' in the Bible

they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love

He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,

to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,

so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.

and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.

At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, for which I am in prison,

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.

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

For you yourselves know how you must imitate us: We were not irresponsible among you;

It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.

Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

He has saved us and called uswith a holy calling,not according to our works,but according to His own purpose and grace,which was given to us in Christ Jesusbefore time began.

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.

if we endure, we will also reign with Him;if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done,but according to His mercy,through the washing of regenerationand renewal by the Holy Spirit.

He poured out this Spirit on us abundantlythrough Jesus Christ our Savior,

All those who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.

I pray that your participation in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us for the glory of Christ.

In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

Therefore, leaving the elementary message about the Messiah, let us go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For the Messiah did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that He might now appear in the presence of God for us.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after He says:

by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh),

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.

Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Let us then go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.

Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.

Pray for us; for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.

equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever. Amen.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.

Or do you think it’s without reason the Scripture says that the Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.

By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.

that life was revealed,and we have seen itand we testify and declare to youthe eternal life that was with the Fatherand was revealed to us—

what we have seen and heardwe also declare to you,so that you may have fellowship along with us;and indeed our fellowship is with the Fatherand with His Son Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.