77 Bible Verses about Goals

Jesus answered, and said to him, "If any one loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.

And I heard a great voice out of the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His peoples, and God Himself will be with them, as their God.

And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Accordingly, therefore, ye are no longer strangers and sojourners; but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the house-hold of God; having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the chief corner-stone; in Whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing up into a holy temple in the Lord;read more.
in Whom ye also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

having become persuaded of this very thing, that He Who began in you a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ;

and ye have been made complete in Him, Who is the Head of all principality and power;

because I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.

And, going forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."

And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to Thee; take away this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what Thou wilt."

saying, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done."

Jesus saith to them, "My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me, and to finish His work.

I can of Myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous; because I seek not My Own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.

Then said I, 'Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it has been written concerning Me), to do Thy will, O God.'"

And He said to them, "It is needful that I proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also; because for this I was sent forth."

And He saith to them, "Let us go elsewhere into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end I came forth."

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He anointed Me to publish good tidings to the poor; He hath sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the crushed in freedom. to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord."

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which is lost."

And, going forth thence, Jesus withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a Canaanitish woman, having come forth out of those borders, cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon!" But He answered her not a word. And His disciples, coming near, were beseeching Him, saying, "Send her away; for she is crying after us!"read more.
But He, answering, said, "I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she, coming, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" And He, answering, said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs." But she said, "Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from the master's table." Then Jesus, answering, said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! be it done to you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

And, rising up, He went thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and, entering into a house, He wished no one to know it. And He could not be hid. But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of Him, coming, fell down at His feet. And the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she kept asking Him to cast forth the demon out of her daughter.read more.
And He said to her, "Suffer the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs." But she answered, and says to Him, "Yes, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs." And He said to her, "Because of this word go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter." And, going away into her own house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

I say to you, that so there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

In like manner it is not the will of your Father Who is in Heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."

I glorified Thee on the earth; having completed the work which Thou hast given Me to do.

And He said to them, "Going your way, tell this fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons, and perfect cures, to-day and to-morrow; and on the third day I am made perfect.

Now is the judgment of this world: now will the Prince of this world be cast out;

After these things Jesus, knowing that all things have now been finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, "I thirst."

Wherefore, we also make it our aim??hether being at home or being from home??o be well-pleasing to Him.

For he that in these things serves Christ, is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, cease not praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God;

Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ.

And this is the eternal life, that they know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou didst send.

that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, unless ye abide in Me.

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

And ye will be hated by all for My name's sake; but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

I am pressing on toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I have contended in the noble contest, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

looking away to the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus; Who, in consideration of the joy lying before Him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

And he that overcomes, and he that keeps My works until the end, to him will I give authority over the nations;

A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; even as I loved you, that ye love one another.

But the Pharisees, hearing that He silenced the Sadducees, were collected together; and one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, tempting Him: "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"read more.
And He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. A second like it is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hangs the whole law, and the prophets."

And one of the scribes, coming near, hearing them discussing together, knowing that He answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is first of all?" Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is One; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your mind and with all your strength.'read more.
A second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, saying, "Teacher, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?" And He said to him, "What has been written in the law? How do you read?" And he, answering, said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."read more.
And He said to him, "You answered right; do this, and you shall live."

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.

But now abides faith, hope, love; these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Let all your affairs be carried on in love.

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and of faith unfeigned;

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever beheld God. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

if it be possible, so far as it depends on you, being at peace with all men;

Salt is good; but, if the salt becomes saltless, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another."

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected, be comforted, think the same thing; be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

and to make it your aim to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we charged you;

going, therefore, disciple ye all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, even to the end of the age."

But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

if by any means I may excite to rivalry my flesh, and save some of them.

and, making it my aim so to proclaim the Gospel??ot where Christ was already named??hat I might not build upon another's foundation;

For, if I proclaim the Gospel, it is not to me a matter of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me, if I proclaim not the Gospel.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man??o the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

Ye, therefore, shall be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect."

because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

But we all, with unveiled face, reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Having, therefore, these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation, and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands; and they cry with a great voice, saying, "Salvation to our God, Who sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

For this is the will of My Father, that every one who beholds the Son, and believes on Him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For, indeed, we who are in the tabernacle groan, being weighed down; not that we wish to be unclothed, but be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He Who wrought us for this very thing is God, Who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit.

after that we, the living who are left over, will be caught up together with them in clouds, into the air, to meet the Lord; and so shall we always be with the Lord.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and never yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that, if He shall be manifested, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

In My Father's house are many abiding-places; otherwise, I would have told you; because I am going to prepare a place for you. And, if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again, and will receive you to Myself; that, where I am, ye may be also.

And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that of all that He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.