37 Bible Verses about Purpose

What then? The law was added on account of transgressions, till the offspring should come to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by the hand of a mediator.

knowing this, that a law is not made for a righteous man, but for the wicked and disorderly, the impious and sinful, the unholy and profane, murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers and murderers of their fellow-men,

So that the law was our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by faith;

Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an acknowledgment of sin.

For the law supervened that the fall might abound; but where the sin abounded the grace was superabundant,

All these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come;

I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.

But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

These things have I written to you, that you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

For those things which were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope.

but these are recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

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.

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

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

For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all,

for he argued powerfully against the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

These things speak, and exhort, and reprove with all authority; let no man despise you.

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

but to this day when Moses is read a vail lies upon their minds;

For those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning [him];

And he answered and said, Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female?

But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

And Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

But if we or an angel from heaven preach you another gospel contrary to what we have preached you let him be accursed.

He that rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day.

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that believe.

and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and the holy city, described in this book.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to read.

And when this letter has been read with you, cause that it be also read by the church of the Laodiceans; and do you also read that from Laodicea.

You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me;

but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so.

For those things which were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope.

And may he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase the products of your righteousness;

The sower sows the word. And these are those where the word is sown by the way; and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which was sown upon them.

All these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come;

These things have I written to you, that you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

For those things which were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope.

but these are recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.