Quotes about Purpose
I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
— John 17:9
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
— John 17:16
As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
— John 17:18
I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
— John 17:22
I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
— John 17:23
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
— Acts 4:28
So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
— Acts 5:38
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
— Acts 9:6
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
— Acts 9:15
So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
— Acts 10:21
So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
— Acts 10:29
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
— Acts 13:36