'Given' in the Bible

who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit as a guarantee.

All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

We want you to know, brothers, about God's grace that was given to the churches of Macedonia.

I can testify that by their own free will they have given to the utmost of their ability, yes, even beyond their ability.

Therefore, I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me, to make arrangements in advance for this gift you promised, and to have it ready as something given generously and not forced.

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.