'May' in the Bible

Forwho has known the Lord’s mind,that he may instruct Him?But we have the mind of Christ.

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch. You are indeed unleavened, for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits.

Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.

just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved. >

There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.

Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and above all that you may prophesy.

I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in languages, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

For you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may learn and everyone may be encouraged.

And when everything is subject to Christ, then the Son Himself will also be subject to the One who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.

and perhaps I will remain with you or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I go.