47 Bible Verses about God, Purpose Of

in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,

for God has put it into their hearts to do his will and to have one will and give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God are finished.

And that I might not be elated with my extraordinary revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to beat me, that I should not be too much exalted.

So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace;

PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him, having predestinated us in love to an adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and belief of the truth,

this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by the hand of the wicked,

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how inscrutable are his judgments, and his ways can not be explored!

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,

Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him,

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but made manifest in these last times for you,

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same cause I raised you up, to show my power in you, and that my name may be declared in all the earth.

having predestinated us in love to an adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, which he bestowed upon us in the beloved,

but as it is written, An eye has not seen, an ear has not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those that love him; but God has revealed them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself

by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [his] purpose.

and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed, to do what thy hand and counsel before appointed to be done.

but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, and without a spot; who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but made manifest in these last times for you,

In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

And he said, Go into the city to such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover with you, together with my disciples.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour;

And he came a third time, and said to them, Sleep henceforth, and be refreshed. It is enough; the hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners!

Then Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I testify of it that its works are evil. Do you go up to the feast; I go not up to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified.

AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own in the world he loved them to the end.

JESUS spoke these words and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself in respect to the dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him

Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross. Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth,read more.
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,

in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds, who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high, being made as much greater than the angels as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.

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 came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Are you so unable to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.read more.
Going away again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, thy will be done.

And going forward a little he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it was possible, the hour might pass away from him. 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.

Who in the days of his flesh having offered both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,??8 although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,

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

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.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved.