Purpose

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

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

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

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

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.