'O God' in the Bible

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”

They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’

And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him.

“Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

And He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.”

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

For it is written,“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me,And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.

For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear unapproved.

For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God.

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

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

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

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

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,

For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

But of the Son He says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

“Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come(In the scroll of the book it is written of Me)To do Your will, O God.’”

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.