Purpose

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,