WILL OF GOD

Greek:

Will thelesis determination, will

Will thelema a determination, choice, purpose, decree, desire, pleasure, will

Will boule volition, purpose, will

Will thelo ethelo desire, disposed, intend

Will gnome judgment, mind, purpose, will

John 7:16, 17 ‘’Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.  If any man will do his will (thelema), he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”

John 9:31 “Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will (thelema), him he heareth.”

Mark 3:35 “For whosoever shall do the will (thelema) of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”

Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will (boule) of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.”

Acts 22:14, 15 “And he (Ananias) said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee (Saul), that thou shouldest know his will (thelema), and see that Jesus One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. ”

Romans 1:9, 10 “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God (thelema) to come unto you.”

Romans 8:27 “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will (thelema) of God.”

Romans 12:1, 2

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (thelema).” (See Exegetical Study of this passage online under the title “How to Know the Will of God” http://www.churchrestoration.org )

Romans 15:32 “That I (Paul) may come unto you (Romans) with joy by the will (thelema) of God, and may with you be refreshed.”

I Corinthians 1:1 “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will (thelema) of God, and Sosthenes our brother.””

II Corinthians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will (thelema) of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:”

II Corinthians 8:5 “And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will (thelema) of God.”

Galatians 1:4 “Christ Jesus who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will (thelema) of God and our Father:”

Ephesians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will (thelema) of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:”

Ephesians 6:6, 7 “Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will (thelema) of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”

Philippians 2:13 “For it is God which worketh in you both to will (thelo ethelo) and to do of his good pleasure.”

Colossians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will (thelema) of God, and Timotheus our brother.”

Colossians 4:12 “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will (thelema) of God.”

I Thessalonians 4:3, 4, 7

 “For this is the will (thelema) of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor.  For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”

I Thessalonians 5:18

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will (thelema) of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

II Timothy 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will (thelema) of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.”

Hebrews 2:4 “God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will (thelesis).”

Hebrews 10:7 “Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will (thelema), O God.”

Hebrews 10:36 “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will (thelema) of God, ye might receive the promise.”

I Peter 2:15 “For this is the will (thelema) of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”

I Peter 3:17 “For it is better, if the will (thelema) of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”

I Peter 4:1, 2 “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will (thelema) of God.”

I Peter 4:19 “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will (thelema) of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

I John 2:16, 17 “For all that is in the world, lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will (thelema) of God abideth forever.”

Revelation 17:17 “For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill His will (gnome), and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.”