'Order' in the Bible

Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.

But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.

For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order: