Gods Purpose

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth all things for me.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; — read the full passage →

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: — read the full passage →

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.