'God' in the Bible

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Who is the image of the unseen God and existed before all living things;

For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

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

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

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