'Us' in the Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

just as he chose us in the Messiah before the creation of the universe to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love

he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will,

so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

that he lavished on us, along with all wisdom and understanding,

when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah

and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),

raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly realm in the Messiah Jesus,

so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus.

For through him, both of us have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us

Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.

until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.