Acts 2:22

22Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, aa man attested to you by God bwith cmighty works and wonders and signs that dGod did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know

Romans 14:18

18Whoever thus serves Christ is eacceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 16:10

10Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those fwho belong to the family of Aristobulus.

2 Corinthians 5:9

9So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to gplease him.

2 Corinthians 10:18

18For it is hnot the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one iwhom the Lord commends.

Galatians 1:10

10For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying jto please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a kservant
Or slave; Greek bondservant
of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

4but just as we have been approved by God mto be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not nto please man, but to please God owho tests our hearts.
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