Matthew 6:10
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10 May your kingdom come.
May your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.(A)
Hebrews 10:36
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36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.(A)
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Matthew 26:42
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42 Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”(A)
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Matthew 12:50
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50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”(A)
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John 4:34
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34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:18
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18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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John 6:40
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40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(A)
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Romans 12:2
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2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.[a](A)
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- 12.2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Colossians 1:9
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9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s[a] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,(A)
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- 1.9 Gk his
Ephesians 6:6
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6 not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul.
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Matthew 7:21
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21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A)
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Psalm 40:8
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8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”(A)
1 Peter 2:15
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15 For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
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Matthew 3:2
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2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a](A)
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- 3.2 Or is at hand
Daniel 7:27
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27 The kingship and dominion
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey them.”(A)
Psalm 103:19-21
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19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.(A)
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
obedient to his spoken word.(B)
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers who do his will.(C)
Hebrews 13:21
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21 make you complete in everything good[a] so that you may do his will, as he works among us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.[c] Amen.(A)
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Luke 22:42
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42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;(A)
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Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,(A)
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John 7:17
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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)
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Daniel 4:35
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35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does what he wills with the host of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”(A)
Revelation 19:6
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6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out,
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- 19.6 Other ancient authorities add our
Acts 21:14
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14 Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”(A)
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Revelation 12:10
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10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming,
“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Messiah,[a]
for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down,
who accuses them day and night before our God.(A)
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