36 Bible Verses about Purpose

Then what about the Law? Well, it was interpolated for the purpose of producing transgressions till such time as the Offspring arrived to whom the Promise was made; also, it was transmitted by means of angels through the agency of an intermediary

he must keep in mind that no law is ever made for honest people but for the lawless and the insubordinate, for the impious and the sinful, for the irreverent and the profane, for parricides and matricides, murderers,

the Law thus held us as wards in discipline, till such time as Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.

for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.

Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me, to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do;

Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never.

That is why all turns upon faith; it is to make the promise a matter of favour, to make it secure for all the offspring, not simply for those who are adherents of the Law but also for those who share the faith of Abraham ??of Abraham who is the father of us all

for he publicly refuted the Jews with might and main, showing from the scriptures that the messiah was Jesus.

Tell them all this, exhort and reprove, with full authority; let no one slight you.

"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."

Yes, down to this day, whenever Moses is read aloud, the veil rests on their heart;

The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath;

He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them male and female from the beginning

He replied, "Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry,

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Now even though it were myself or some angel from heaven, whoever preaches a gospel that contradicts the gospel I preached to you, God's curse be on him!

He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day,

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City described in this book."]

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

And when this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans; also, see that you read the letter that reaches you from Laodicea.

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

He who furnishes the sower with seed and with bread to eat will supply seed for you and multiply it; he will increase the crop of your charities ??11 you will be enriched on all hands, so that you can be generous on all occasions, and your generosity, of which I am the agent, will make men give thanks to God;

The sower sows the word. As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.