'O God' in the Bible

They not only did this, as we had expected, but first of all in obedience to God's will they gave their own selves to the Lord and to us.

But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

always considering what is virtuous, with respect to God, and with respect to men.

As to the services which are being rendered to God's people, it is really unnecessary for me to write to you.

He who furnishes the sower with seed and with bread to eat will supply seed for you and multiply it; he will increase the crop of your charities ??11 you will be enriched on all hands, so that you can be generous on all occasions, and your generosity, of which I am the agent, will make men give thanks to God;

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

And in their prayers to God for you, long after you, for the abundant grace of God given unto you.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds;

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

For we [apostles] have no power [to act] against the truth, but [only] for the truth. [Note: Paul here alludes to his gifts and ministry being intended only to promote what was right according to God's truth].

Is that appealing to men's weaknesses, or to God? Is that trying to suit men? If I were still doing that, I would be no slave of Christ.

And they gave glory to God on my account.

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

Would to God that those who are unsettling your faith would even mutilate themselves.

So then, while we [as individual believers] have the opportunity, let us do good to all people [not only being helpful, but also doing that which promotes their spiritual well-being], and especially [be a blessing] to those of the household of faith (born-again believers).

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon Israel that pertaineth to God.

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.

He is a down payment of our inheritance, until God's own possession [i.e., His people] receives redemption. [Note: Here "redemption" refers to receiving a new body in heaven]. May this bring about praise to God's splendor.

And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your trespasses and sins,

You practiced such things when you lived according to the evil ways of this world, and according to the ruler of the [spiritual] powers of the air. [Note: This refers to Satan, whose influence permeates life around us]. He is the [evil] spirit who is now at work in people who are disobedient [to God].

We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men.

At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household,

which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:

according to God's eternal purpose which He carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him [that is, our faith gives us sufficient courage to freely and openly approach God through Christ].

[I pray] that, according to God's glorious abundance, He would empower you to become [spiritually] strong through His Holy Spirit in your inner person,

May there be to God, who is able to do infinitely more [for us] than we could [even] ask or think, according to [His] power at work in us ---

[I say] may there be praise to God in the church and in [or, "for"] Christ Jesus throughout all generations of people for ages and ages. May it be so.

So I, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to you to live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called [that is, to live a life that exhibits godly character, moral courage, personal integrity, and mature behavior—a life that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation],

Therefore, it says [Psa. 68:18], "When He ascended on high [i.e., to heaven], He led a procession of captured prisoners [behind Him] [Note: This originally referred to God leading His people in triumph over Israel's enemies, but here is applied to Christ], and gave gifts to [various] people."

They have stopped caring [i.e., about morality], so God has abandoned them to lives of unrestrained indecency and to engage in all kinds of [moral] impurity, with a constant desire for more.

and your having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Let there be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse [obscene or vulgar] joking, because such things are not appropriate [for believers]; but instead speak of your thankfulness [to God].

and speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and sacred songs. Sing praise to God with all your hearts;

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:

Every recollection that I have of you is a cause of thankfulness to God,

being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.

who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,

He humbled Himself [by] becoming obedient [to God] to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to God the Father's glory.

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith [for preaching the message of salvation], still I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

For we are the true circumcision--we who render to God a spiritual worship and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in outward ceremonies:

As many therefore as are perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

[We also pray that you will be] strengthened with great power, according to God's glorious might, so that you will have great endurance and patience [coupled] with joy.

giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross.

yet Christ has now reconciled you [to God] in His physical body through death, in order to present you before the Father holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

[This message is] the secret which has been kept hidden throughout the ages and generations, but has now been revealed to God's saints [i.e., His holy people].

Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.

Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always].

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and'spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

But, even as we have been approved by God, to be entrusted with the glad-message, so, we speak, - not as, unto men, giving pleasure, but unto God - who proveth our hearts.

So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.

For you, brothers, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus; and you in your turn suffered at the hands of your fellow citizens persecutions like to those which they endured from the Jews??15 The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out??hey are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

Under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [that is, separate you from profane and vulgar things, make you pure and whole and undamaged—consecrated to Him—set apart for His purpose]; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

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 sake of which, indeed, you are sufferers.

Since it is a righteous thing according to God to repay restriction to those who restrict you,

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.

to stop devoting themselves to myths and never-ending pedigrees, for such things lead to controversies rather than stimulate our trusteeship to God through faith.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

First of all, then, I urge you to offer to God petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people,

This [kind of praying] is good and acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife;

but instead adorned by good deeds [helping others], as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in the treatment of their own families, and to pay the debt they owe their parents or grandparents, for this is acceptable to God.

For some [young widows] have already turned away [from their commitment to God] to serve Satan.