24 Bible Verses about God's Plan For Us

Yet to us God revealed it through his Spirit; for the Spirit fathoms all things, even the inmost depths of God's being.

No, it is a divine philosophy that we teach, one concerned with the hidden purpose of God-that long-hidden philosophy which God, before time began, destined for our glory.

since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.

But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him-those who have received the Call in accordance with his purpose.

Listen to me, you who say 'To-day or to-morrow we will go to such and such a town, spend a year there, and trade, and make money,'

You ought, rather, to say 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'

When he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the good-will which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,

To whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden Truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles--'Christ among you! Your Hope of glory!'

For what man is there who knows what a man is, except the man's own spirit within him? So, also, no one comprehends what God is, except the Spirit of God.

But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.

Destined for this before the beginning of the world, he has been revealed in these last days for your sakes,

For in it there is a revelation of the Divine Righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as Scripture says- -'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call--not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

In view of that Divine Order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, center in him.

For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

Whenever they betray you, do not be anxious as to how you shall speak or what you shall say, for what you shall say will be given you at the moment;

He, I say, in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

For God never regrets his gifts or his Call.

With this conviction in my mind, I planned to come to see you first, so that your pleasure might be doubled--

All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;

For God's 'folly' is wiser than men, and God's 'weakness' is stronger than men.