What Does the Bible Say About His Will Not Mine?

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Titus 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

2 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ...

Colossians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ...

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Mark 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Mark 11:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 10:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

28 Bible Verses about His Will Not Mine

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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28 Bible Verses about His Will Not Mine

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Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes