'Purpose' in the Bible

And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:

Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;