77 Bible Verses about Goals

Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loveth me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God;

And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;read more.
in whom ye also are built together into a dwellingplace of God in the Spirit.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word; that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work, will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus;

and ye are made full in him, who is the head of all principality and power;

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And he came a little nearer, and fell on his face, praying and saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me! nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee! take away this cup from me. But not what I will, but what thou wilt.

saying, Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from meyet not my will, but thine be done!

Jesus saith 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.

Then said I, Lo, I have comein the volume of the book it is written of meto do thy will, O God."

But he said to them, I must publish the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; because for this I was sent forth.

And he saith to them, Let us go elsewhere into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also; for, for this I came forth.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty the oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

And Jesus, going from thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And, lo! a woman of Canaan came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, Have compassion on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon. But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us.read more.
But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then she came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, help me! But he answering said, It is not allowable to take the childrens bread, and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, Yea, Lord; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was cured from that hour.

And rising up, he departed thence into the borders of Tyre; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice. But a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately hearing of him, came in, and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.read more.
And he said to her, Let the children be filled first; for it is not well to take the childrens bread and throw it to the little dogs. But she answered, and saith to him, Yea, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the childrens crumbs. And he said to her, For this saying go thy way; the demon hath gone out of thy daughter. And going away to her house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

Thus it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

I say to you, that thus there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

I have glorified thee on the earth, having finished the work which thou gavest me to do;

And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Lo! I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I make an end.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, in order that the Scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

Wherefore we also strive that, whether at home or absent, we may be approved by him.

for he who in this matter serveth Christ is wellpleasing to God, and approved by men.

proving what is acceptable to the Lord;

On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Nay more, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ,

And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, while becoming like him in his death,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for ever.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

and ye will be hated by all on account of my name. But he that endureth to the end will be saved.

And ye will be hated by all on account of my name. But he that endureth to the end will be saved.

But he that endureth to the end will be saved.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;

looking to the author and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,

A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, assembled together; and one of them, a lawyer, asked, trying him, Teacher, which commandment is great in the Law?read more.
And he said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." This is the great and first commandment. There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

And one of the scribes came up, having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which commandment is first of all? Jesus answered, The first is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength."read more.
The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

And lo! a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life? And he said to him, What is written in the Law? How readest thou? And he answering said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."read more.
And he said to him, Thou hast answered rightly; do this, and thou shalt live.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

And now there abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

let all your doings be in love.

Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned;

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

If it be possible, as far as dependeth on you, be at peace with all men.

Salt is good; but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Finally, brethren, farewell! Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Go, and make all nations my disciples, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have commanded you. And, lo! I am with you always, unto the end of the world.

But I count life of no value to me, so that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

that I may, if possible, excite to emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,

For in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!

preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season, confute, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching.

till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a fullgrown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

But we all with unveiled face beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.

Having then these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

After these things I saw, and lo! a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands. And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge.

then we who are living, we who are left, shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be. We know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. For I go away to prepare a place for you; and when I have gone away and prepared a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, ye also may be.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.