Our Purpose

10 passages

1. Jeremiah 29:11

   For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

   Read it in context
2. Romans 8:28

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

   Read it in context
3. Proverbs 16:9

   A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

   Read it in context
4. John 15:16

   You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

   Read it in context
5. Acts 26:16

   ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

   Read it in context
6. Matthew 28:19

   Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

   Read it in context
7. Ephesians 1:11

   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,

   Read it in context
8. Isaiah 43:7

   everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

   Read it in context
9. Ecclesiastes 12:13

   When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

   Read it in context
10. Isaiah 14:24

    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

    Read it in context

Readers at OpenBible.info suggested and ranked these verses. A verse can mean something different on its own than in its chapter, so open each one and see for yourself.