Verses about purpose

And Elohim created the human being in his image; in the image of Elohim he created him; male and female he created them.

And YHWH Elohim formed the man from dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

Know that YHWH, he is Elohim; he made us, and we are his, his people and the sheep of his pasture.

When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established, what is the mortal that you remember him, and the son of man that you attend to him? You made him a little lower than Elohim, and with glory and majesty you crowned him. You make him rule over the works of your hands; all things you put under his feet:

But now, YHWH, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and the work of your hand are all of us.

everyone who is called by my name, and for my glory I have created him, I have formed him, also I have made him.’”

For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother. I will give you thanks, for fearfully I have been wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well. My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, embroidered in the depths of the earth. My embryo your eyes saw; and in your book all of them were written, the days that were formed, when there was not one of them.

For the director. Of David. A psalm. YHWH, you have examined me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from afar. My path and my lying down you have sifted, and all my ways you are familiar with. For there is not a word on my tongue— look, YHWH, you know all of it.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I consecrated you; a prophet to the nations I appointed you.”

Listen to me, coastlands, and pay attention, peoples from afar: YHWH called me from the womb; from the inward parts of my mother he made mention of my name. And he made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; and he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he concealed me. And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.” But I said, “In vain I have worn myself out; for emptiness and vapor I have spent my strength; yet surely my right is with YHWH, and my wages with my Elohim.” And now says YHWH, who formed me from the womb as his servant, to bring back Jacob to him, and Israel to him will be gathered —and I am honored in the eyes of YHWH, and my Elohim has been my strength—

But when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim the good news of him among the nations, at once I did not consult with flesh and blood,

So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.

For we are his workmanship, created in the Messiah Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and it is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me; and what I now live in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

So if you were raised with the Messiah, seek the things above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Think about the things above, not the things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.

So we were buried with him through the immersion into death, so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

So now, go, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and bring out my people, the sons of Israel, from Egypt.” Moses said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?” He said, “But I will be with you, and this will be the sign for you that I have sent you: when you have brought out the people from Egypt, you will serve Elohim on this mountain.”

And I heard the voice of Adonai saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here I am; send me.”

And while they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, after fasting and praying and laying their hands on them, they sent them off.

So go and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to keep all things that I have commanded you. And look, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age.”

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called,

For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, the many, are one body in the Messiah, and individually members of one another. And having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, if it is prophecy, let it be according to the proportion of faith; if service, in serving; if the one who teaches, in teaching; if the one who encourages, in encouragement; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Each one, as he has received a gift, serving one another with it as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

So whether you eat or drink or do anything, do all things for the glory of God.

And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Whatever you do, work at it from the soul, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord, the Messiah, whom you serve as slaves.

I urge you then, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice living, holy, pleasing to God, which is your rational worship. And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what the will of God is: what is good and pleasing and complete.

He has announced to you, human being, what is good; and what does YHWH seek from you but to do justice, and to love loyal love, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?

Not to us, YHWH, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loyal love, for your truth.

The end of the matter; all has been heard: fear Elohim and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of the human being.