'Approved' in the Bible

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.