Bible verses about "acknowledging god" | Thomson

¹ In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. ² And the earth was invisible and unfurnished and there was darkness over this abyss; and a breath of God was brought on above the water. ³ And God said, "Let there be Light;" and there was light. ⁴ And God saw the light that it was good. And God made a separation between the light and the darkness. ⁵ And God called the light day; and the darkness he called night. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The first day. ⁶ Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water; and let it make a separation between water and water." And it was so. God made the firmament; and God made a separation between the water which was below the firmament

⁸ and the water which was above the firmament. And God called the firmament, heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The second day. ⁹ Then God said, "Let the water which is below the heaven be gathered into one receptacle and let the dry land appear." ¹⁰ And it was so. The waters which were below the heaven were gathered into their several collections, and the dry land appeared. And God called the dry land, earth; and the collections of the waters he called, seas. And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ And God said, "Let the earth produce the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit bearing tree together with the fruit, the seed of which is in it according to kind, upon the earth." And it was so. ¹² The earth indeed produced the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit tree together with fruit, the seed of which is in it, according to kind, in the earth. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The third day. ¹⁴ Then God said, "Let there be luminaries in the firmament of heaven, to give light on the earth; to make a separation between the day and the night: and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years; ¹⁵ and let them be for an illumination in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth." And it was so. ¹⁶ God indeed made the two great luminaries, the greater luminary for the regulations of the day, and the lesser luminary, with the stars, for the regulations of the night. ¹⁷ And God placed them in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth, ¹⁸ and to regulate the day and the night, and to make a division between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The fourth day. ²⁰ Then God said, "Let the waters produce moving creatures having life; and winged creatures flying above the earth in the open firmament of heaven." And it was so. ²¹ God indeed made the great sea monsters and every species of moving animals which the waters produced according to their kinds, and every winged flying creature according to kind. And God saw that they were good. ²² And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let flying creatures be multiplied on the earth." ²³ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The fifth day. ²⁴ Then God said, "Let the earth produce animal life according to kind; four footed beasts and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to kind." And it was so. ²⁵ God indeed made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to kind. And God saw that they were good. ²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man after our image and after a likeness; and let them have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the cattle, and the whole earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth." ²⁷ So God made man. After an image of God he made him. A male and a female he made them. ²⁸ And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all the cattle, and all the earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth." ²⁹ Moreover God said, "Behold I have given you every seed bearing plant, the sowing seed which is on the whole earth, and every tree which hath in itself the fruit of seminal seed, you shall have for food: ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the air, and to every reptile on the earth, which hath in it animal life, I have also given every green herb for food." And it was so. ³¹ And God saw all the things which he had made, and behold they were very good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The sixth day.

² The Lord looked down from heaven on the children of men; to see if any had understanding or were seeking God.

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, ² which he promised heretofore by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures ³ concerning his son, [him who was of a seed of David with respect to flesh ⁴ him who was determinately marked out as son of God by a power, according to a spirit of holiness, of rising up from the dead,] ⁵ [namely]] Jesus Christ, our Lord, by whom we have received favour and an apostolical mission, that for his name there may be an obedience of faith among all the nations, ⁶ among which you indeed are called ones of Jesus Christ ⁷ to all who are at Rome, beloved of God, called and consecrated; favour be to you, and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ In the first place, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your belief is celebrated throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his son, is my witness how incessantly I make mention of you, intreating always in my prayers ¹⁰ that by the will of God I may at length have some how a favourable opportunity to come to you. ¹¹ For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift for your establishment, ¹² that is, to partake of consolation among you by the faith which is mutually in us, both yours and my own. ¹³ Now, brethren, I would not have you ignorant that I have hitherto been hindered, though I have often heretofore purposed to come to you, that I might have some fruit among you even as among the other nations. ¹⁴ I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, to both the learned and the unlearned, ¹⁵ so that as far as it rests with me, I am ready to publish the glad tidings to you also who are at Rome. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of the Christ; for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth, to the Jew in the first place, and also to the Greek. ¹⁷ For by it there is revealed a justification of God's appointment because of belief, that we may believe. As it is written, "But the just shall live because of belief: ¹⁸ for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of the men, who by unrighteousness repress truth. ¹⁹ Because that which is to be known of God is manifest among them, for God hath manifested it to them; ²⁰ for his invisible attributes, both his eternal power and divine majesty, being thought upon, are from the creation of the world clearly discoverable by the things made, so that they are without excuse ²¹ because when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks, but became vain by their ill- grounded reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened; ²² pretending to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image representing coruptible man, and birds, and four footed beasts, and reptiles; ²⁴ therefore God delivered them up, by the desires of their own hearts, to impurity, that by themselves their own bodies might be dishonoured. ²⁵ They changed the truth of God for a falsity, and worshipped and served the creature, and not the creator who is blessed forever, Amen: ²⁶ therefore God gave them up to infamous passions; for even their women perverted the instinct of nature; ²⁷ and in like manner the males also leaving the sex, were inflamed with desires towards each other, which they most shamefully indulged, men with men, and received in themselves the retribution which was justly due to their error. ²⁸ And as they did not search out God to have constantly a due sense of him, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things unseemly, ²⁹ filled as they were with all manner of injustice, lewdness, maliciousness, covetousness, mischief, being full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, evil habits; being whisperers, ³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, insulters of men, insolent, boastful, inventors of evils, disobedient to parents, ³¹ without understanding, covenant breakers, void of natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. ³² Some having recognised God's law, That they who do such things deserve death, not only do the same things themselves, but have even a complacency in them who commit them;

³ And God said, "Let there be Light;" and there was light. ⁴ And God saw the light that it was good. And God made a separation between the light and the darkness. ⁵ And God called the light day; and the darkness he called night. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The first day. ⁶ Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water; and let it make a separation between water and water." And it was so. God made the firmament; and God made a separation between the water which was below the firmament

⁸ and the water which was above the firmament. And God called the firmament, heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The second day. ⁹ Then God said, "Let the water which is below the heaven be gathered into one receptacle and let the dry land appear." ¹⁰ And it was so. The waters which were below the heaven were gathered into their several collections, and the dry land appeared. And God called the dry land, earth; and the collections of the waters he called, seas. And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ And God said, "Let the earth produce the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit bearing tree together with the fruit, the seed of which is in it according to kind, upon the earth." And it was so. ¹² The earth indeed produced the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit tree together with fruit, the seed of which is in it, according to kind, in the earth. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The third day. ¹⁴ Then God said, "Let there be luminaries in the firmament of heaven, to give light on the earth; to make a separation between the day and the night: and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years; ¹⁵ and let them be for an illumination in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth." And it was so. ¹⁶ God indeed made the two great luminaries, the greater luminary for the regulations of the day, and the lesser luminary, with the stars, for the regulations of the night. ¹⁷ And God placed them in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth, ¹⁸ and to regulate the day and the night, and to make a division between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The fourth day. ²⁰ Then God said, "Let the waters produce moving creatures having life; and winged creatures flying above the earth in the open firmament of heaven." And it was so. ²¹ God indeed made the great sea monsters and every species of moving animals which the waters produced according to their kinds, and every winged flying creature according to kind. And God saw that they were good. ²² And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let flying creatures be multiplied on the earth." ²³ And there was an evening and there was a morning. The fifth day. ²⁴ Then God said, "Let the earth produce animal life according to kind; four footed beasts and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to kind." And it was so. ²⁵ God indeed made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to kind. And God saw that they were good. ²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man after our image and after a likeness; and let them have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the cattle, and the whole earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth." ²⁷ So God made man. After an image of God he made him. A male and a female he made them. ²⁸ And God blessed them saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all the cattle, and all the earth, and all the reptiles which creep on the earth." ²⁹ Moreover God said, "Behold I have given you every seed bearing plant, the sowing seed which is on the whole earth, and every tree which hath in itself the fruit of seminal seed, you shall have for food: ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the air, and to every reptile on the earth, which hath in it animal life, I have also given every green herb for food." And it was so. ³¹ And God saw all the things which he had made, and behold they were very good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The sixth day.

¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men.

¹⁸ Thus saith the Lord who made the heaven, the same God who displayed the earth to view, and who, having made it, parcelled it out: he did not make it to be waste, but formed it to be inhabited: I

¹ Now there was at Caesarea a certain man named Cornelius, a centurion of that called the Italian cohort. ² He was pious, and feared God with all his household, and did many acts of benevolence to the people, and prayed to God continually. ³ About the ninth hour of the day, he saw plainly in a vision, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, Cornelius! ⁴ Upon which he having fixed his eyes on him, and being terrified, said, Lord! what is it? Then the angel said to him, Thy prayers and thine acts of benevolence have ascended for a memorial before God. ⁵ Now therefore send men to Joppa and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter. ⁶ He lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea side. He will tell thee what thou must do. ⁷ So when the angel who spoke to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of them who waited on him continually, ⁸ and having related to them the whole affair, he sent them to Joppa. ⁹ And on the next day while they were on their journey and approaching towards the city, Peter went up on the house top to pray, about the sixth hour. ¹⁰ Now he had become hungry and wished to take some refreshment; and while it was preparing he fell into a trance, ¹¹ and saw the heaven opened, and a kind of vessel coming down to him, like a great sheet tied by the four corners, and let down to the earth, ¹² in which were all sorts of four footed beasts of the earth, namely, the wild beasts and the reptiles, and the birds of the air. ¹³ And there came a voice to him, Rise Peter; Kill And Eat. ¹⁴ Whereupon Peter said, By no means, Lord. For I have never eaten any thing common or unclean. ¹⁵ And a voice said to him a second time, What God hath cleansed call not thou that common. ¹⁶ And this was done thrice, and then the vessel was again taken up into heaven. ¹⁷ And while Peter was in great doubt, what this vision which he had seen could mean, behold the men who were sent by Cornelius, having inquired out Simon's house, stood at the gate, ¹⁸ and calling, asked, Doth Simon who is surnamed Peter, lodge here? ¹⁹ And while Peter was pondering on the vision, the spirit said to him, Behold there are three men inquiring for thee. ²⁰ Arise therefore, get thee down and go with them, without any cavilling, for I have sent them. ²¹ So Peter went down to the men who were sent to him from Cornelius, and said, Behold I am he for whom you are inquiring. What is the cause of your coming? ²² They said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and one who feareth God, and is approved by the testimony of the whole Jewish nation, hath been divinely warned by a holy angel to send for thee to his house and receive instruction from thee. ²³ Peter therefore, having invited them in, entertained them hospitably, and on the morrow he set out with them. And some of the brethren who were of Joppa accompanied him. ²⁴ And on the day following they arrived at Caesarea, Now Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and intimate friends. ²⁵ And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and prostrating himself at his feet, made obeisance. ²⁶ But Peter raised him up, saying, Rise up: I am but a man. ²⁷ Then conversing with him he went in, and finding many assembled ²⁸ he said to them, You know unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew, to associate with or go to one of another nation: but God hath shewn me, that I am not to call any man common or unclean. ²⁹ For this cause, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. I ask therefore on what account you have sent for me? ³⁰ Thereupon Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting till this hour, and at the ninth hour praying in my house. And lo! a man stood before me in splendid attire, ³¹ and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine acts of benevolence are remembered before God; ³² send therefore to Joppa for Simon who is surnamed Peter. He lodgeth at the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea side. He will come and speak to thee. ³³ Therefore I sent to thee immediately and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God, to hear all that God hath given thee in charge. ³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons; ³⁵ but in every nation he who feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him. ³⁶ According to the word which he sent to the children of Israel, when he published the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, He is Lord of all. ³⁷ You know the affair which is spread through all Judea, taking its rise from Galilee after the baptism which John proclaimed respecting Jesus; him from Nazareth ³⁸ how God anointed him with a holy spirit and power. Him who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him, ³⁹ and we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; Him, whom they slew, suspending him on a cross ⁴⁰ even him God raised up the third day, and granted him to become manifest, ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses who were preappointed by God; to us who have eaten, and drunk with him after he arose from the dead. ⁴² And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and testify that he is the one determinately pointed out by God to be the judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³ To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins by his name. ⁴⁴ While Peter was yet speaking these words the holy spirit fell on all them who heard this word. ⁴⁵ Whereupon all the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the holy spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also. ⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in divers languages and magnifying God. ⁴⁷ Then Peter addressed them saying, Can any one on any account forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the holy spirit in the same manner as even we did? ⁴⁸ So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they intreated him to stay some days.

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear,

³ Every place, on which you tread with the sole of your feet, I will give you, as I said to Moses.

²⁸ And as they did not search out God to have constantly a due sense of him, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things unseemly, ²⁹ filled as they were with all manner of injustice, lewdness, maliciousness, covetousness, mischief, being full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, evil habits; being whisperers, ³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, insulters of men, insolent, boastful, inventors of evils, disobedient to parents, ³¹ without understanding, covenant breakers, void of natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.

¹¹ Thou, O Lord, art worthy to receive the glory and the honour and the power, because thou hast created all things, and at thy will they exist and were created.

⁵ Trust in God with thy whole heart; and be not elated for thine own wisdom. ⁶ Shew it in all thy ways, that it may make thy paths straight.