Quotes About Purpose

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

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?

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

For Godís gifts and His call are irrevocable.

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If oneís gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone elseís foundation.

That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.

so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.