But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?

For we are not like the many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God.

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

and that most of the brothers and sisters, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

I was made a minister of this church according to the commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of mere men, but as what it really is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned.

to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible.

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.

The Patmos Vision

I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

The Fifth Seal: Martyrs

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.