47 Bible Verses about God, Purpose Of

in him in whom we have obtained our portion, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

For God has put into their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be accomplished.

And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted.

Thus, then, at the present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

PAUL, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sostlienes my brother,

according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love, having predestinated us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God did, from the beginning, choose you to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:

to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions, according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord,

the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be fore the times of the ages,

Then the King will say to those on his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,

For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.

having predestinated us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved,

But, as it is written: Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered the things which God has prepared for them that love him. But God has revealed them to us through his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

by making known to us the mystery of his will according to his good purpose which he had before established in himself,

so that, when you read, you can see my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,) which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together, to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done.

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without spot and blemish, who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,

In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

He replied: Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the passover at your house, with my disciples.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose came I to this hour.

And he came the third time, and said to them: Sleep the remaining time, and take your rest. It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

Then Jesus said to them: My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready. The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil. Do you go up to this feast. I go not up now to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.

But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come that the Son of man must be glorified.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come that he must go out of this world to his Father; and having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end.

Jesus spoke these words, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come: glorify thy Son, that thy Son may also glorify thee;

by making known to us the mystery of his will according to his good purpose which he had before established in himself, for a dispensation at the fullness of the times, in order that he might bring together for himself all things in the Christ, both those which are in the heavens, and those which are on earth;

Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made this same Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross. For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth;read more.
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom, also, he made the ages; who, being the effulgence of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and upholding all things by his own powerful word, when he had by himself made expiation for our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so far superior to the angels, as the name which he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face in prayer, saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as thou willest. And he came to his disciples, and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter: Was it so, that you had not strength to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is, willing, but the flesh is weak.read more.
Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed, saying: My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me, unless I drink it, thy will be done.

And he went forward a little, and fell upon the ground, and prayed, that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him; and he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; let this cup pass from me: but not what I will, but what thou wiliest.

saying: Father, if thou art willing that this cup should pass from me yet, not my will, but thine be done.

Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

In the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard with respect to that which he feared, although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

Then, said I, Behold, I come, (in the roll of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, God.

For this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.