'Fulfillment' in the Bible
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand;And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open My mouth in parables;I will utter things [unknown and unattainable] that have been hidden [from mankind] since the foundation of the world.”
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
In fulfillment of His promises to our forefathers--For Abraham and his posterity for ever."
because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."
For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted among the outlaws. Yes, what is written about Me is coming to its fulfillment.”
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, “I am thirsty.”
"Now as the time approached for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people's population increased a great deal in Egypt.
Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
For Christ is the end of the law [it leads to Him and its purpose is fulfilled in Him], for [granting] righteousness to everyone who believes [in Him as Savior].
Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!
Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.
it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to guarantee the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life].
Now He who has made us and prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the [Holy] Spirit as a pledge [a guarantee, a down payment on the fulfillment of His promise].
But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, while the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.
Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,
for the administration of the days of fulfillment—to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.
not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,
For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,
Blessed is he who reads and blessed are those who listen to the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time for its fulfillment is now close at hand.
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time [of their fulfillment] is near.