For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
The 1611 reading
For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:17
Complete exact-word concordance
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
For we which liue, are always deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the life also of Iesus might bee made manifest in our mortall flesh.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.
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