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G2307 — θέλημα

thelēma · will/desire · Greek

θέλημα, -τος, τό (θέλω), [in LXX chiefly for חָפֵץ, also for רָצוֹן, etc. ;] will, (a) objectively = that which is willed: Mat.18:14, Luk.12:47, Jhn.5:30, 1Co.7:37, 1Th.5:18, 2Ti.2:26, Heb.10:10, Rev.4:11; θ. τ. θεοῦ, Act.22:14, Rom.2:18 12:2, Eph.1:9, Col.1:9 4:12, 1Pe.4:2; τ. κυρίου, Eph.5:17; pl., of precepts, Mrk.3:35, WH, mg., Act.13:22 (LXX); ἐστιν τὸ θ., with genitive of person(s), before ἵνα, Jhn.6:39-40, 1Co.16:12; with inf., 1Pe.2:15; with accusative and inf., 1Th.4:3 (b) subjectively = τὸ θέλειν (cf. θέλησις): Luk.23:25, Jhn.1:13, 1Pe.3:17, 2Pe.1:21; ποιεῖν, Mat.7:21 12:50 21:31, Mrk.3:35 (pl., WH, mg., see supr.), Jhn.4:34 6:38 7:17 9:31, Eph.6:6, Heb.10:7, 9 10:36 13:21, 1Jn.2:17; γίνεσθαι, Mat.6:10 26:42, Luk.22:42, Act.21:14; ἡ εὐδοκία ( βουλὴ) τοῦ θ., Eph.1:5, 11; ἐν τῷ θ. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.1:10; διὰ θ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:32, 1Co.1:1, 2Co.1:1 8:5, Eph.1:1, Col.1:1, 2Ti.1:1; κατὰ τὸ θ. τ. θεοῦ, Gal.1:4, 1Pe.4:19, 1Jn.5:14; pl., Eph.2:3 (Cremer, 728).† (AS)

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Matthew 6:10 · θέλημάThy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.Matthew 7:21 · θέλημαNot every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 12:50 · θέλημαFor whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.Matthew 18:14 · θέλημαEven so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.Matthew 21:31 · θέλημαWhich of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.Matthew 26:42 · θέλημάAgain a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.Mark 3:35 · θέλημαFor whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.Luke 12:47 · θέλημα · θέλημαAnd that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;Luke 22:42 · θέλημάsaying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.Luke 23:25 · θελήματιAnd he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.John 1:13 · θελήματος · θελήματοςwho were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.John 4:34 · θέλημαJesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.John 5:30 · θέλημα · θέλημαI can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.John 6:38 · θέλημα · θέλημαFor I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.John 6:39 · θέλημαAnd this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.John 6:40 · θέλημαFor this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.John 7:17 · θέλημαIf any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.John 9:31 · θέλημαWe know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.Acts 13:22 · θελήματάAnd when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.Acts 21:14 · θέλημαAnd when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.Acts 22:14 · θέλημαAnd he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.Romans 1:10 · θελήματιmaking request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.Romans 2:18 · θέλημαand knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,Romans 12:2 · θέλημαAnd be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.Romans 15:32 · θελήματοςthat I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.1 Corinthians 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,1 Corinthians 7:37 · θελήματος,But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.1 Corinthians 16:12 · θέλημαBut as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not at all his will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.2 Corinthians 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:2 Corinthians 8:5 · θελήματοςand this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.Galatians 1:4 · θέλημαwho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:Ephesians 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:Ephesians 1:5 · θελήματοςhaving foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,Ephesians 1:9 · θελήματοςmaking known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him Ephesians 1:11 · θελήματοςin whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;Ephesians 2:3 · θελήματαamong whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—Ephesians 5:17 · θέλημαWherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.Ephesians 6:6 · θέλημαnot in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;Colossians 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,Colossians 1:9 · θελήματοςFor this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,Colossians 4:12 · θελήματιEpaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.1 Thessalonians 4:3 · θέλημαFor this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;1 Thessalonians 5:18 · θέλημαin everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.2 Timothy 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,2 Timothy 2:26 · θέλημα.¶and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.Hebrews 10:7 · θέλημάThen said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.Hebrews 10:9 · θέλημάthen hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.Hebrews 10:10 · θελήματιBy which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Hebrews 10:36 · θέλημαFor ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.Hebrews 13:21 · θέλημαmake you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 2:15 · θέλημαFor so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:1 Peter 3:17 · θέλημαFor it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.1 Peter 4:2 · θελήματιthat ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.1 Peter 4:19 · θέλημαWherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.2 Peter 1:21 · θελήματιFor no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.1 John 2:17 · θέλημαAnd the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.1 John 5:14 · θέλημαAnd this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:Revelation 4:11 · θέλημάWorthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.