God's work
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6.5
- noun
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obra de Dios
- Overall, the list represents a nice cross-section of Scripture and tells an uplifting story of God's work in the world.
- do God's work
- God's work of creation
Examples
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Volunteering at the local shelter is a way for him to contribute to God's work.
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I found the deep joy that doing God's work often brings, and I am grateful.
Blog text (26) -
This is up to us to do God's work.
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- Well, off to do God's work.
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I am doing God's work!
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I know that I'm doing God's work here.
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You are a shining example of God's work for good in this world!
Blog text (31) -
I feel blessed to be brought here to Naomi, to do God's work in his new church.
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Finally, all the churches and Christian communities need to remember that reconciliation and Christian unity are primarily God's work, not ours.
Academic text (2015) -
Both religious and secular non-Christians often appear to us to be doing God's work and contributing to the growth of God's reign in the world.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
108
2.7
Unpaid work to help people in the local area, sometimes required by law or done for charity
13
3.9
Work people do for pleasure not for money
7
7.9
Good actions done to help others or show religious faith
6
3.1
Actions that people see as good, often helping others
1
8.2
Helping others in a way that makes you seem better than them
Careful, steady work that is useful and reliable
How Charitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
God's + works
The phrase is a straightforward possessive composition: knowing 'God' and 'work(s)' allows a learner to infer 'work belonging to or done for God' — i.e. actions serving a divine or higher purpose. This compositional meaning matches common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. 'obra de Dios') and does not require idiomatic knowledge beyond the literal possessive relation.
Etymology
God's work comes from the simple image of God asking people to do kind work for others, like caring for the poor or the sick; one common idea says religious teachers pointed to those actions as what God wanted. So, today we call kind, helpful acts 'selfless actions that help others' when we say 'God's work'.