'Reason' in the Bible

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

For this reason that field has been called the "Field of Blood" to this day.

For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God?

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

For this reason his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.")

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'

Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world -- to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him."

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!"

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants devoted to governing.

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles --

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,

and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.

For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!"