He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,

He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

And I set myself apart ¹  on their behalf, ²  so that they too may be truly set apart. ³ 

For you know the grace ¹  of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

As for me, the Lord was also angry with me on your account. He said, “You also will not be able to go there.

and I am glad ¹  for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. ²  But let us go to him.”

The countries are assembled all around you; ¹  take once more your rightful place over them! ² 

Jesus said, ¹  “This voice has not come for my benefit ²  but for yours.

For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ¹  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ²  to the glory of God.

If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him – for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered ¹  because of them,

Then I will stop the plague ¹  from ruining your crops, ²  and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the Lord who rules over all.

So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

For how can we thank God enough for you, ¹  for all the joy we feel ²  because of you before our God?

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!”

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, ¹  so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he ¹  is about to give you. ² 

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! ¹  Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! ²  No, ³  my daughters, you must not return with me. ⁴  For my intense suffering ⁵  is too much for you to bear. ⁶  For the Lord is afflicting me!” ⁷