76 Bible Verses about Goals

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

And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God,

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God, being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,read more.
in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.

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, purifying it with the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

having this same confidence, that he who has begun a good work in you will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ,

and you are made perfect in him, who is the head of all principality and power,

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

And going forward a little, he fell on his face, and prayed and said, My Father, if it is possible let this cup pass from me; but 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 wilt, take this cup away from me; but not my will, but thine be done.

Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me.

then I said, Behold, I come,??n the volume of the book it is written of me,??o do thy will, O God.

But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God in the other cities also, because for this am I sent;

And he said to them, Let us go elsewhere to the adjoining villages to preach there; because for this purpose have I come.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free, to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

for the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost.

And Jesus going out thence departed to the regions of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.read more.
But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me! But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her daughter was cured from that hour.

And he rose up, and departed thence to the regions of Tyre. And entering into a house he wished no one to know it; and he could not be hid. But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.read more.
And he said to her, Suffer the children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said to her, For this speech, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter. And departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out.

So, I tell you, there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that changes his mind, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need a change of mind.

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

So, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner that changes his mind.

I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do.

And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course.

There is now a judgment of this world; the ruler of this world shall now be cast out;

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were already finished, that the Scripture might be fully accomplished, said, I thirst.

Wherefore also we strive, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

for he that in this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men.

Therefore we also, from the day that we heard, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

But for the same reason also I consider all things to be a loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them worthless that I may gain Christ

And this is the eternal life; that they shall know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.

continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me.

and you shall be hated by all men for my sake. But he that endures to the end shall be saved.

and you shall be hated by all on my account; but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith;

looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

And to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I will give power over the nations,

I give you a new commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one another.

And the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, were assembled together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him, to try him, Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?read more.
And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is first of all? Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.read more.
Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read? And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.read more.
And he said to him, You have answered well; do this, and you shall live.

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

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

let all your [works] be in love.

But the end of the commandment is love from a pure heart and good conscience and faith unfeigned,

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

if possible, as much as may be in your power, live peaceably with all men,

Salt is good; but if the salt has become insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Finally, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we charged you,

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.

But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

if perhaps I may excite my flesh [race] to emulation and save some of them.

And I have been anxious so to preach where Christ was not named, that I might not build on another's foundation;

For if I preach the gospel I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for woe is me, if I preach not the gospel.

preach the word, press it in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and instruction;

till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;

And we all with unvailed face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palm branches in their hands; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at 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 trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead be raised, indestructible, and we shall be changed.

For being in this tabernacle we groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to put it off, but to put on [the other], that the mortal may be swallowed up by life. And he that has made us for this is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.

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

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go and shall prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am you may also be.

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