'Purpose' in the Bible

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.