Noun thelēma (will) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

7: 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will (thelēma) of my Father in heaven.
12: 50For whoever does the will (thelēma) of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
18: 14So it is not the will (thelēma) of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
21: 31Which of the two did the will (thelēma) of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.
26: 42Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will (thelēma) be done."

Mark

3: 35Whoever does the will (thelēma) of God is my brother and sister and mother."

Luke

12: 47That slave who knew the will (thelēma) his master, but did not prepare himself or do his will (thelēma), will receive a severe beating.
22: 42"Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will (thelēma) but yours be done."
23: 25He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus according to their will (thelēma).

John

1: 13who were born, not of blood or of the will (thelēma) of the flesh or of the will (thelēma) of man, but of God.
4: 34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will (thelēma) of him who sent me and to complete his work.
5: 30"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will (thelēma) but the will (thelēma) of him who sent me.
6: 38for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will (thelēma), but the will (thelēma) of him who sent me.
6: 39And this is the will (thelēma) of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
6: 40This is indeed the will (thelēma) 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."
7: 17Anyone who resolves to do the will (thelēma) of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
9: 31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will (thelēma).

Acts

13: 22When he had removed him, he made David their king. In his testimony about him he said, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my heart, who will carry out all my will (thelēma).'
21: 14Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, "The LORD's will (thelēma) be done."
22: 14Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will (thelēma), to see the Righteous One and to hear his own voice;

1 John

2: 17And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will (thelēma) of God live forever.
5: 14And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will (thelēma), he hears us.