'May' in the Bible

Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may become evident that his actions have God's approval."

The one who harvests is already receiving his wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who harvests may rejoice together.

Later on, Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Look! You have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him even greater actions than these, so that you may be amazed.

so that everyone may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved.

So they asked him, "What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing?

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man perfectly well on the Sabbath?

He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."

The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, told his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too, so that we may die with him!"

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.

I'm telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I AM.

And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

I've told you this, so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another."

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

After Jesus had said this, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you.

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

"I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe,

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.