A priest of Dionysus is described as having performed his sacred duties ajxiwv qeou. A chief herdsman as having conducted the divine mysteries . A.D. 19 Kingdom and glory . The only instance of this collocation. God 's kingdom is here conceived as present - the economy of divine grace to which the readers are called as Christians .
Glory is the future consummation of that kingdom .
For basileia kingdom , see on Luke vi. Doxa glory is not used in N.T. in its primary, classical sense of opinion or notion. Glory of God expresses the sum total of the divine perfections. Also - we. Also may point to an expression of thanksgiving in a letter from the Thessalonians to Paul .