'Desire' in the Bible

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.