'Order' in the Bible

When Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.

He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it.

And returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

They asked this to trap Him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man’s blood on us!”

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

My aim is to evangelize where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,

in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

Although I am a free man and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than 10,000 words in another language.

But everything must be done decently and in order.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.

But I will continue to do what I am doing, in order to deny the opportunity of those who want an opportunity to be regarded just as our equals in what they boast about.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me,

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

also said in another passage, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

and He was declared by God a high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

For it has been testified:You are a priest foreverin the order of Melchizedek.

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.