Reason

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.

He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

…and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

…the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

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

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

For this reason, ever since I heard about 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 bow my knees before the Father,

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

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

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.

For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

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

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.