'God' in the Bible

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully.

Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,

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

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility.

and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.

He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm

in keeping with the eternal purpose that God carried out through the Messiah Jesus our Lord,

that is, you will know the love of the Messiah which transcends knowledge, and will be filled with all the fullness of God.

one God and Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in all.

That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.

So be imitators of God, as his dear children.

Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.

For you know very well that no immoral or impure person, or anyone who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

you will consistently give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah;

Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the Devil's strategies.

For this reason, take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to take a stand whenever evil comes. And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.

also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

May peace and love, with faith, be with the brothers, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah!