'Order' in the Bible

Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

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

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses."

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?"

So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.

For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

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

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,

and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

as also in another place God says, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood -- for on that basis the people received the law -- what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron's order?

For here is the testimony about him: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God's command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.