6 occurrences

'Order' in the Bible

I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sending People

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

Verse ConceptsUnceasingAlways Being ActivePersistencerecognition

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfOverestimationFoolish PeopleSeeing PeoplePaul's Boasting

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