Matt.6.1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matt.8.18Now when Jesus saw a great crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
Matt.12.16and ordered them not to make him known.
Matt.12.44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.
Matt.14.19Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Matt.18.25And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Matt.26.4and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Matt.27.58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
Matt.27.64Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
Mark.3.12And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
Mark.6.27And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison
Mark.7.9And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
Mark.10.2And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Mark.14.10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
Luke.11.25And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
Luke.16.26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’
Luke.19.15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.
John.3.17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John.11.57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
Acts.1.4And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;
Acts.4.17But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”
Acts.5.34But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
Acts.9.24but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,
Acts.11.4But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
Acts.12.19And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
Acts.15.5But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts.16.22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
Acts.16.23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.
Acts.16.24Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Acts.21.33Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
Acts.21.34Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
Acts.22.24the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him this.
Acts.23.3Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”
Acts.23.30And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”
Acts.24.23Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
Acts.25.6After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts.25.17So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought.
Acts.25.21But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
Acts.27.43But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,
Rom.1.13I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
Rom.4.16That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Rom.6.4We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Rom.6.6We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
Rom.7.4Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
Rom.7.13Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
Rom.8.4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Rom.8.17and 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.
Rom.8.29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Rom.9.11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call—
Rom.9.23in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
Rom.11.11So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
Rom.11.14in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
Rom.11.31so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
Rom.15.8For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
Rom.15.9and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “ Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
1Cor.7.35I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
1Cor.9.20To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
1Cor.11.19for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
1Cor.14.19Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1Cor.14.40But all things should be done decently and in order.
1Cor.15.23But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
2Cor.7.12So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2Cor.11.8I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.
2Cor.11.12And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
2Cor.11.32At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,
Gal.1.16was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
Gal.2.2I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
Gal.2.16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Gal.3.24So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Gal.6.12It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Phil.3.8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Col.1.22he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
Col.2.4I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.
Col.2.5For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
2Thess.2.12in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Titus.1.5This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
Phlm.1.13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,
Phlm.1.14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
Heb.5.6as he says also in another place, “ You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
Heb.5.10being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Heb.6.20where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Heb.7.11Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
Heb.7.17For it is witnessed of him, “ You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
Heb.10.9then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
Heb.12.20For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”
Heb.12.27This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
Heb.13.12So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
Heb.13.19I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.
1Pet.4.11whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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