But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer.

But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name—and his son’s name? Tell me if you know!

But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.

But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

But God kept them from recognizing him.

But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.

But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!

But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.

“But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole land would belong to Abraham and his descendants—even though he had no children yet.

“These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

but God raised him to life on the third day. Then God allowed him to appear,

But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’

But God raised him from the dead!

But God has protected me right up to this present time so I can testify to everyone, from the least to the greatest. I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

God’s Anger at Sin

But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.