mGNT Concordance for θέλημα

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

“Which of the two did his father's will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

“And that servant who knew his master's will and didn't prepare himself or do it[fn] will be severely beaten.

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

“We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to him.

“And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,

and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God's will from your heart.

Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will, you may receive what was promised.

equip[fn] you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.[fn] Amen.

So then, let those who suffer according to God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.

And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.

This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

“In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

“This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.

Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord's will be done.”

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. However, he will come when he has an opportunity.

So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

For this is God's will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality,

give thanks in everything; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

For it is God's will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.