'Reasons' in the Bible

(For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me."

Do I say these things only from a man’s perspective? Does the Law not endorse the same principles?

Therefore, show these men, in the sight of the churches, the proof of your love and our reason for being proud of you.

Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast.

-- though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;