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It is a concept that underscores the motivations behind actions, particularly those that are selfless or sacrificial in nature. The use of "sake" in Scripture highlights the importance of intention and the relational aspects of faith and obedience.<br><br><b>Old Testament Usage</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, "sake" frequently appears in the context of God's actions for the sake of His name or His people. For example, in <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a>, it is written, "For the LORD will not forsake His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people." Here, the emphasis is on God's faithfulness and His commitment to His covenant, underscoring that His actions are motivated by His own character and promises.<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a>, God declares, "For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath, and for My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off." This passage illustrates God's patience and mercy, exercised for the sake of His own glory and the preservation of His people.<br><br><b>New Testament Usage</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of doing something for the sake of Christ or the Gospel becomes prominent. Jesus Himself speaks of the sacrifices required of His followers, emphasizing the eternal value of such actions. In <a href="/matthew/10-39.htm">Matthew 10:39</a>, Jesus states, "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." This teaching highlights the paradox of the Christian life, where true fulfillment and eternal life are found in self-denial and devotion to Christ.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also frequently uses the term "sake" to describe his ministry and sufferings. In <a href="/2_corinthians/4-5.htm">2 Corinthians 4:5</a>, Paul writes, "For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus&#8217; sake." Here, Paul underscores that his ministry is not for personal gain but for the glory of Christ and the benefit of others.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The use of "sake" in the Bible carries significant theological implications. It reflects the self-giving nature of God and the call for believers to emulate this selflessness. Actions done for the sake of God, Christ, or others are seen as acts of worship and obedience, aligning the believer's will with God's purposes.<br><br>Furthermore, the concept of "sake" challenges believers to examine their motivations, encouraging them to act not out of selfish ambition but out of love and devotion. It serves as a reminder that the Christian life is marked by a willingness to sacrifice personal desires for the greater good and the advancement of God's kingdom.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical concept of "sake" is deeply rooted in the relational and covenantal aspects of faith. It calls believers to a life of purpose, where actions are motivated by love for God and others, reflecting the character of Christ and the transformative power of the Gospel.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5228.htm"><span class="l">5228. huper -- over, beyond, fig. on behalf of, for the <b>sake</b> of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> on behalf of, for the <b>sake</b> of, concerning. Part of Speech: Preposition Transliteration:<br> huper Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er&#39;) Short Definition: in behalf of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5228.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1752.htm"><span class="l">1752. heneka -- on account of, because of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on account of, because of. Part of Speech: Preposition Transliteration: heneka Phonetic<br> Spelling: (hen&#39;-ek-ah) Short Definition: for the <b>sake</b> of, on account of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1752.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1223.htm"><span class="l">1223. dia -- through, on account of, because of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on account of Definition: (a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of,<br> (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the <b>sake</b> of, because of. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1223.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/5484.htm"><span class="l">5484. charin -- in favor of, for the pleasure of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the pleasure of. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: charin Phonetic Spelling:<br> (khar&#39;-in) Short Definition: on account of Definition: for the <b>sake</b> of, by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5484.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1752a.htm"><span class="l">1752a. heneka -- on account of, because of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1752, 1752a. heneka or heneken or heineken. 1752b . on account of, because<br> of. Transliteration: heneka or heneken or heineken Short Definition: <b>sake</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1752a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/147.htm"><span class="l">147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base gain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for the <b>sake</b> of dishonest gain. Adverb from aischrokerdes; sordidly -- for filthy<br> lucre&#39;s <b>sake</b>. see GREEK aischrokerdes. (aischrokerdos) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/147.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1487.htm"><span class="l">1487. ei -- forasmuch as, if, that</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1487 (a conditional conjunction) -- . 1487 (followed by any verb) expresses &quot;a<br> condition, of as , or to denote &quot; (ie . for the <b>sake</b> of argument) (). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1487.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1347.htm"><span class="l">1347. dikaiosis -- the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal</span></a> <br><b>...</b> justification. From dikaioo; aquittal (for Christ&#39;s <b>sake</b>) -- justification. see<br> GREEK dikaioo. (dikaiosin) -- 2 Occurrences. 1346, 1347. dikaiosis. 1348 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1347.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4012.htm"><span class="l">4012. peri -- about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will<br> go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for <b>sake</b>, X (e <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4012.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4392.htm"><span class="l">4392. prophasis -- a pretense</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from pro and phaino Definition a pretense NASB Word Usage appearance&#39;s<br> <b>sake</b> (2), excuse (1), pretense (3), pretext (1). pretense, outward showing. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4392.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5668.htm"><span class="l">5668. abur -- for the <b>sake</b> of, on account of, so that</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5667, 5668. abur or abur. 5669 . for the <b>sake</b> of, on account of, so that.<br> Transliteration: abur or abur Phonetic Spelling: (aw-boor&#39;) Short Definition: <b>sake</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5668.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/182.htm"><span class="l">182. odoth -- a cause</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as ud Definition a cause NASB Word Usage about* (1), account<br> (1), because (1), because* (4), concerning* (1), <b>sake</b>* (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/182.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7945.htm"><span class="l">7945. shel -- who, which, that</span></a><br><b>...</b> cause, <b>sake</b>. <b>...</b> &#39;aher; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some<br> pronominal affix; on account of, whatsoever, whichsoever -- cause, <b>sake</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7945.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm"><span class="l">4616. maan -- purpose, intent</span></a><br><b>...</b> Origin from anah Definition purpose, intent NASB Word Usage account (1), because<br> (14), behalf (1), order (40), purpose (2), reason is so (1), <b>sake</b> (50), so (54 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4616.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1701.htm"><span class="l">1701. dibrah -- a cause, reason</span></a><br><b>...</b> intent, <b>sake</b>. (Aramaic) corresponding to dibrah -- intent, <b>sake</b>. see HEBREW<br> dibrah. 1700, 1701. dibrah. 1702 . Strong&#39;s Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1701.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1558.htm"><span class="l">1558. galal -- an account</span></a><br><b>...</b> because of, for <b>sake</b>. From galal; a circumstance (as rolled around); only used<br> adverbially, on account of -- because of, for (<b>sake</b>). see HEBREW galal. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1558.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm"><span class="l">5921. al -- upon, above, over</span></a><br><b>...</b> pressed* (1), prompts* (1), reason (2), reason* (6), received (1), regard (3),<br> regarding (1), respect (1), responsibility (1), ruthlessly* (1), <b>sake</b> (4), <b>sake</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5921.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7899.htm"><span class="l">7899. sek -- a thorn</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7898, 7899. sek. 7900 . a thorn. Transliteration: sek Phonetic Spelling:<br> (<b>sake</b>) Short Definition: pricks. Word Origin from an unused <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7899.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm"><span class="l">1157. baad -- away from, behind, about, on behalf of</span></a><br><b>...</b> behind, about, on behalf of NASB Word Usage about (2), account (1), around (2),<br> because (1), behalf (4), behind (7), behind* (3), over (1), <b>sake</b> (2), through (9 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1157.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm"><span class="l">1697. dabar -- speech, word</span></a><br><b>...</b> parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question,<br> rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, <b>sake</b>, saying, sentence <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1697.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/for_the_sake_of_a.htm"><span class="l">For the <b>Sake</b> of a Nation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Why the Results are Delayed For the <b>Sake</b> of a Nation. First is the incident of Moses&#39;<br> ungranted petition. <b>...</b> Something must be done for the people&#39;s <b>sake</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/for the sake of a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_brave_man_acts.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Brave Man Acts for the <b>Sake</b> of the Good of his Habit?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> TREATISE ON FORTITUDE AND TEMPERANCE (QQ -170) cOF FORTITUDE (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether<br> the brave man acts for the <b>sake</b> of the good of his habit? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the brave man acts.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_christian_doctrine_in_four_books/chapter_29_but_for_the.htm"><span class="l">But for the <b>Sake</b> at those who are So Fastidious that they do Not.. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book 4 Chapter 29. But for the <b>sake</b> at those who are so fastidious that<br> they do not? 29. But for the <b>sake</b> at those who are so <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 29 but for the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/growing_bigger_for_services_sake.htm"><span class="l">Growing Bigger for Service&#39;s <b>Sake</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Each One of Us Growing Bigger for Service&#39;s <b>Sake</b>. There&#39;s a second thing to do. <b>...</b> We<br> must set ourselves to growing bigger and better for service&#39;s <b>sake</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/growing bigger for services sake.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xlvii_celsus_next_for.htm"><span class="l">Celsus Next, for Form&#39;s <b>Sake</b>, and with Great Want of Precision...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XLVII. Celsus next, for form&#39;s <b>sake</b>, and with great want of precision?<br> Celsus next, for form&#39;s <b>sake</b>, [3907] and with great <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlvii celsus next for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/the_second_apology_of_justin_for_the_christians/chapter_vii_the_world_preserved_for.htm"><span class="l">The World Preserved for the <b>Sake</b> of Christians. Man&#39;s <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter VII."The world preserved for the <b>sake</b> of Christians. Man&#39;s<br> responsibility. Wherefore God delays causing the confusion <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter vii the world preserved for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pringle/the_record_of_a_quaker_conscience_cyrus_pringles_diary/prison_experiences_for_conscience_sakeour.htm"><span class="l">Prison Experiences for Conscience&#39; <b>Sake</b> --Our Prison</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PRISON EXPERIENCES FOR CONSCIENCE&#39; <b>SAKE</b>"OUR PRISON. 31st., 8th month, 1863. IN GUARD<br> HOUSE."Yesterday morning LMM and I were called upon to do fatigue duty. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../prison experiences for conscience sakeour.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_duties_of_piety.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Duties of Piety Towards One&#39;s Parents Should be <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF PIETY (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the duties of piety towards one&#39;s parents<br> should be omitted for the <b>sake</b> of religion? Objection <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the duties of piety.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_conferences_of_john_cassian/chapter_xv_how_a_thing.htm"><span class="l">How a Thing that is Good in Its Own Nature Ought not to be done <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XV. How a thing that is good in its own<br> nature ought not to be done for the <b>sake</b> of some lesser good. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xv how a thing.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xxii_virtue_must_never.htm"><span class="l">Virtue must Never be Given up for the <b>Sake</b> of a Friend. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter XXII. Virtue must never be given up for the <b>sake</b> of a friend.?<br> Virtue must never be given up for the <b>sake</b> of a friend. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxii virtue must never.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sake.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sake</b> (241 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard<br> or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the <b>sake</b> of, for his <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sake.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/servant's.htm"><span class="l">Servant's (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 21:26 &quot;If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys<br> it, he shall let him go free for his eye's <b>sake</b>. (WEB). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/servant's.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/defend.htm"><span class="l">Defend (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV WBS). 2 Kings 19:34 'For I will defend this city to save it, for my own <b>sake</b>,<br> and for my servant David's <b>sake</b>.'&quot; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/defend.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wishes.htm"><span class="l">Wishes (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS). Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and<br> whoever will lose his life for my <b>sake</b> will find it. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wishes.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exercise.htm"><span class="l">Exercise (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) Exertion for the <b>sake</b> of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual,<br> or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exercise.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/master's.htm"><span class="l">Master's (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 14:6 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's <b>sake</b>;<br> and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's <b>sake</b>, for he gives <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/master's.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/accounted.htm"><span class="l">Accounted (32 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> to them. (WEB). Romans 4:23 Now it was not written that it was accounted<br> to him for his <b>sake</b> alone, (WEB). Romans 4:24 but for our <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/accounted.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/securing.htm"><span class="l">Securing (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 8:35 For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses<br> his life for my <b>sake</b>, and for the <b>sake</b> of the Good News, will secure it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/securing.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/manifested.htm"><span class="l">Manifested (48 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Corinthians 4:11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' <b>sake</b>,<br> that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/manifested.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zeal.htm"><span class="l">Zeal (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the <b>sake</b> of him<br> that injured, nor for the <b>sake</b> of him that was injured, but for the <b>sake</b> of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zeal.htm - 21k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blessed-are-those-who-are-persecuted.html">What does it mean that blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/deny-yourself.html">What does it mean to deny yourself? What is self-denial? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/suffering-for-Christ.html">Is suffering for Christ always going to be a part of being a follower of Christ? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/sake.htm">Sake: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sake (241 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10</a></span><br />Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11</a></span><br />"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/10-18.htm">Matthew 10:18</a></span><br />Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, for a testimony to them and to the nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/10-22.htm">Matthew 10:22</a></span><br />You will be hated by all men for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, but he who endures to the end will be saved.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/10-39.htm">Matthew 10:39</a></span><br />He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> will find it. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Matthew 14:3</a></span><br />For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/14-9.htm">Matthew 14:9</a></span><br />The king was grieved, but for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm">Matthew 15:3</a></span><br />"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of your tradition?<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-6.htm">Matthew 15:6</a></span><br />he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of your tradition. <br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/16-25.htm">Matthew 16:25</a></span><br />For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> will find it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-5.htm">Matthew 18:5</a></span><br />And whoever for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> receives one young child such as this, receives me.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-12.htm">Matthew 19:12</a></span><br />For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a></span><br />Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm">Matthew 24:9</a></span><br />Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm">Matthew 24:22</a></span><br />Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-17.htm">Mark 4:17</a></span><br />And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, immediately they are offended.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-17.htm">Mark 6:17</a></span><br />For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-26.htm">Mark 6:26</a></span><br />The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-35.htm">Mark 8:35</a></span><br />For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> and the sake of the Good News will save it. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-37.htm">Mark 9:37</a></span><br />"Whoever for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-29.htm">Mark 10:29</a></span><br />Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, and for the sake of the Good News,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-40.htm">Mark 12:40</a></span><br />those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, for a testimony to them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-13.htm">Mark 13:13</a></span><br />You will be hated by all men for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-20.htm">Mark 13:20</a></span><br />Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Luke 6:22</a></span><br />Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-24.htm">Luke 9:24</a></span><br />For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, the same will save it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-48.htm">Luke 9:48</a></span><br />and said to them, "Whoever for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span> receives this little child, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives Him who sent me. For the lowliest among you all--he is the greatest."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm">Luke 18:29</a></span><br />He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-47.htm">Luke 20:47</a></span><br />who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12</a></span><br />But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/21-17.htm">Luke 21:17</a></span><br />You will be hated by all men for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-15.htm">John 11:15</a></span><br />I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-42.htm">John 11:42</a></span><br />I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me." <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-9.htm">John 12:9</a></span><br />A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' <span class="boldtext">sake</span> only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-30.htm">John 12:30</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, but for your sakes.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/13-37.htm">John 13:37</a></span><br />Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/13-38.htm">John 13:38</a></span><br />Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my <span class="boldtext">sake</span>? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/14-11.htm">John 14:11</a></span><br />Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/15-21.htm">John 15:21</a></span><br />But all these things will they do to you for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, because they don't know him who sent me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/17-19.htm">John 17:19</a></span><br />For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a></span><br />For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/15-26.htm">Acts 15:26</a></span><br />who have endangered their very lives for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of our Lord Jesus Christ. <br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a></span><br />His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the Lord Jesus."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-7.htm">Acts 26:7</a></span><br />Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-20.htm">Acts 28:20</a></span><br />For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me."<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-5.htm">Romans 1:5</a></span><br />through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/4-23.htm">Romans 4:23</a></span><br />Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his <span class="boldtext">sake</span> alone,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/4-24.htm">Romans 4:24</a></span><br />but for our <span class="boldtext">sake</span> also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Romans 8:36</a></span><br />Even as it is written, "For your <span class="boldtext">sake</span> we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3</a></span><br />For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, my relatives according to the flesh,<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-19.htm">Romans 11:19</a></span><br />"Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of my being grafted in."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-28.htm">Romans 11:28</a></span><br />Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/13-5.htm">Romans 13:5</a></span><br />Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm">Romans 14:6</a></span><br />He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Don't overthrow God's work for food's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-30.htm">Romans 15:30</a></span><br />Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-10.htm">1 Corinthians 4:10</a></span><br />We are fools for Christ's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-11.htm">1 Corinthians 8:11</a></span><br />And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose <span class="boldtext">sake</span> Christ died.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-10.htm">1 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />or does he say it assuredly for our <span class="boldtext">sake</span>? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-23.htm">1 Corinthians 9:23</a></span><br />Now I do this for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm">1 Corinthians 9:25</a></span><br />But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25</a></span><br />Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of conscience,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-27.htm">1 Corinthians 10:27</a></span><br />But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of conscience.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-28.htm">1 Corinthians 10:28</a></span><br />But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-9.htm">1 Corinthians 11:9</a></span><br />For man was not created for woman's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, but woman for man's.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-1.htm">2 Corinthians 2:1</a></span><br />But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-10.htm">2 Corinthians 2:10</a></span><br />Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-5.htm">2 Corinthians 4:5</a></span><br />For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm">2 Corinthians 4:11</a></span><br />For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm">2 Corinthians 4:15</a></span><br />For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-13.htm">2 Corinthians 5:13</a></span><br />For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-15.htm">2 Corinthians 5:15</a></span><br />He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">2 Corinthians 7:12</a></span><br />So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a></span><br />For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">2 Corinthians 12:10</a></span><br />Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. For when I am weak, then am I strong.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/3-19.htm">Galatians 3:19</a></span><br />Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">Ephesians 3:1</a></span><br />For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a></span><br />I, then, the prisoner for the Master's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Ephesians 4:32</a></span><br />And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's <span class="boldtext">sake</span> hath forgiven you.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-13.htm">Philippians 1:13</a></span><br />And thus it has become notorious among all the Imperial Guards, and everywhere, that it is for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of Christ that I am a prisoner;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-24.htm">Philippians 1:24</a></span><br />Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29</a></span><br />For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his <span class="boldtext">sake</span>;<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Philippians 2:30</a></span><br />because it was for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7</a></span><br />Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's <span class="boldtext">sake</span> I have reckoned it loss. <br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a></span><br />Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His <span class="boldtext">sake</span> I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a></span><br />Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/3-6.htm">Colossians 3:6</a></span><br />for which things' <span class="boldtext">sake</span> the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/4-3.htm">Colossians 4:3</a></span><br />And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of which I am even a prisoner.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/1-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:5</a></span><br />and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:9</a></span><br />For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:13</a></span><br />and to respect and honor them in love for their work's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. Be at peace among yourselves. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-5.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:5</a></span><br />For these are a plain token of God's righteous judgement, which has in view your being deemed worthy of admission to God's Kingdom, for the <span class="boldtext">sake</span> of which, indeed, you are sufferers.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">1 Timothy 5:23</a></span><br />Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's <span class="boldtext">sake</span> and your frequent infirmities.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-10.htm">2 Timothy 2:10</a></span><br />Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' <span class="boldtext">sake</span>, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-11.htm">Titus 1:11</a></span><br />whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-6.htm">Philemon 1:6</a></span><br />that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-9.htm">Philemon 1:9</a></span><br />yet for love's <span class="boldtext">sake</span> I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-20.htm">Philemon 1:20</a></span><br />Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's <span class="boldtext">sake</span>. 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