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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 · θέλημάLet your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.Matthew 7:21 · θέλημαNot everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 12:50 · θέλημαFor whoever does 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 said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.Matthew 26:42 · θέλημάAgain, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”Mark 3:35 · θέλημαFor whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”Luke 12:47 · θέλημα · θέλημαThat servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,Luke 22:42 · θέλημάsaying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”Luke 23:25 · θελήματιHe released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus 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 said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who 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 don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.John 6:38 · θέλημα · θέλημαFor I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.John 6:39 · θέλημαThis is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.John 6:40 · θέλημαThis is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”John 7:17 · θέλημαIf anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.John 9:31 · θέλημαWe know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.Acts 13:22 · θελήματάWhen he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’Acts 21:14 · θέλημαWhen he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”Acts 22:14 · θέλημαHe said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.Romans 1:10 · θελήματιrequesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.Romans 2:18 · θέλημαand know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,Romans 12:2 · θέλημαDon’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.Romans 15:32 · θελήματοςthat I may come to 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 our brother Sosthenes,1 Corinthians 7:37 · θελήματος,But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.1 Corinthians 16:12 · θέλημαNow concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.2 Corinthians 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:2 Corinthians 8:5 · θελήματοςThis was 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 age, 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 who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:Ephesians 1:5 · θελήματοςhaving predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,Ephesians 1:9 · θελήματοςmaking known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him Ephesians 1:11 · θελήματοςin whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;Ephesians 2:3 · θελήματαamong whom we also all once lived in the lust 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 · θέλημαTherefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.Ephesians 6:6 · θέλημαnot in the way of service only when eyes are on you, 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 this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you 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, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.1 Thessalonians 4:3 · θέλημαFor this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,1 Thessalonians 5:18 · θέλημαIn everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.2 Timothy 1:1 · θελήματοςPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ 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 devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.Hebrews 10:7 · θέλημάThen I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’”Hebrews 10:9 · θέλημάthen he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes 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 you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.Hebrews 13:21 · θέλημαmake you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 2:15 · θέλημαFor this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:1 Peter 3:17 · θέλημαFor it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.1 Peter 4:2 · θελήματιthat you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.1 Peter 4:19 · θέλημαTherefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.2 Peter 1:21 · θελήματιFor no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.1 John 2:17 · θέλημαThe world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.1 John 5:14 · θέλημαThis is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.Revelation 4:11 · θέλημά“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”