'Order' in the Bible

He stayed there until Herod's death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

in order to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water."

When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

They asked him, "Why, then, did Moses order us "to give a certificate of divorce and divorce her'?"

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead.' Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

During the reign of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

He answered, "Legion," because many demons had gone into him. Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

When it gets back home, it finds it swept clean and put in order.

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

After this, when Jesus realized that everything was now completed, he said (in order to fulfill the Scripture), "I'm thirsty."

God has exalted to his right hand this very man as our Leader and Savior in order to extend repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

So the Twelve called the whole group of disciples together and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect messages from God in order to wait on tables.

You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.'

But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

the tribune ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks and told the soldiers to beat and question him in order to find out why the people were yelling at him like this.

At this Paul told him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"

Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them.

Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.

Now if we are children, we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with the Messiah if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For I tell you that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth in order to confirm the promises given to our ancestors,

And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, that is, about how she can please her husband. I'm saying this for your benefit, not to put a noose around your necks, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

Therefore, if food that I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from stumbling.

If others enjoy this right over you, don't we have a stronger claim? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we tolerate everything in order not to put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of the Messiah.

To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews. To those under the Law I became like a man under the Law, in order to win those under the Law (although I myself am not under the Law).

To those who do not have the Law, I became like a man who does not have the Law in order to win those who do not have the Law. However, I am not free from God's Law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

I do all this for the sake of the gospel in order to have a share in its blessings.

However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first the Messiah, then those who belong to the Messiah when he comes.

I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.

I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.

But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief.

who died for us in order that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

I order you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."

We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

For this reason, although in the Messiah I have complete freedom to order you to do what is proper,

As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

Then he says, "See, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after he was born, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and were not afraid of the king's order.

That is why Jesus, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, also suffered outside the city gate.

These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

These witnesses have authority to close the heavens in order to keep rain from falling while they are prophesying. They also have authority to turn bodies of water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague, as often as they desire.

From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood.

The second beast was allowed to impart life to the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could talk and order the execution of those who would not worship the image of the beast.