as well as it being for Christ’s sake. Paul says: “Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of ...

9). We hear how his suffering affects other when he says: “I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which in Christ Jesus goes with eternal glory.

And, for Pete's sake, you should. The phrase essentially uses Pete a mild substitute for God or Christ in this expression of annoyance or frustration. It's similar to the less-common, "for the ...