'Good' in the Bible

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I -- I did beget you;

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me].

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, that is, about how she can please her husband. I'm saying this for your benefit, not to put a noose around your necks, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

If we have sown [the good seed of] spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for it is good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

Now these things happened to them as an example and warning [to us]; they were written for our instruction [to admonish and equip us], upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person.

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.

On this account many among you are weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good.

He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.

Now I wish that all of you spoke in unknown tongues, but even more [I wish] that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater [and more useful] than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he translates or explains [what he says], so that the church may be edified [instructed, improved, strengthened].

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.

What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation (disclosure of special knowledge), a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be constructive and edifying and done for the good of all the church.

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood,

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Now concerning the brother Apollos, I begged him much that he would go to you with the brethren; but it was not at all his will to go now; but he will come when he shall have good opportunity.

And our hope for you [our confident expectation of good for you] is firmly grounded [assured and unshaken], since we know that just as you share as partners in our sufferings, so also you share as partners in our comfort.

And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

(For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):

By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

and we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the good news is through all the assemblies,

Therefore, show these men, in the sight of the churches, the proof of your love and our reason for being proud of you.

But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and for the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,

in the places beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

for if, indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach, or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept -- well were ye bearing it,

The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

I must boast, although it does not do any good. Let's talk about visions and revelations from the Lord.

Now we pray to God that you not do wrong in any way, not that we are seen as approved, but that you do what is good, even [though] we are [seen] as though unqualified.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;

that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;

but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you -- anathema let him be!

as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive -- anathema let him be!

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

and only they were hearing, that 'he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with that of the circumcision,

But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, 'If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.

and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,

They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them.

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation].

good faith, meekness, self-restraint.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth -- the good news of your salvation -- in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.