Quotes about Purpose
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
— Acts 13:47
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
— Acts 17:26
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
— Acts 20:22
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
— Acts 20:24
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
— Acts 22:10
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
— Acts 22:21
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
— Acts 24:16
And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
— Romans 1:6
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
— Romans 1:13
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
— Romans 8:29
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
— Romans 9:17
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
— Romans 9:21