Would Will
Would Will [1]
signifies (a) objectively, "that which is willed, of the will of God," e.g., Matthew 18:14; Mark 3:35 , the fulfilling being a sign of spiritual relationship to the Lord; John 4:34; 5:30; 6:39,40; Acts 13:22 , plural, "my desires;" Romans 2:18; 12:2 , lit., "the will of God, the good and perfect and acceptable;" here the repeated article is probably resumptive, the adjectives describing the will, as in the Eng. versions; Galatians 1:4; Ephesians 1:9; 5:17 , "of the Lord;" Colossians 1:9; 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 5:18 , where it means "the gracious design," rather than "the determined resolve;" 2 Timothy 2:26 , which should read "which have been taken captive by him" [(autou), i.e., by the Devil; the Rv, "by the Lord's servant" is an interpretation; it does not correspond to the Greek] unto His (ekeinou) will" (i.e., "God's will;" the different pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence, viz., God); Hebrews 10:10; Revelation 4:11 , Rv, "because of Thy will;" of human will, e.g., 1 Corinthians 7:37; (b) subjectively, the "will" being spoken of as the emotion of being desirous, rather than as the thing "willed;" of the "will" of God, e.g., Romans 1:10; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 8:5; Ephesians 1:1,5,11; Colossians 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:1; Hebrews 10:7,9,36; 1 John 2:17; 5:14; of human "will," e.g., John 1:13; Ephesians 2:3 , "the desires of the flesh;" 1 Peter 4:3 (in some texts); 2 Peter 1:21 . See Desire , A, No. 5, Pleasure, Note (1).
denotes "a willing, a wishing" [similar to No. 1 (b)], Hebrews 2:4 .
"a deliberate design, that which is purposed," Romans 9:19; 1 Peter 4:3 (in the best texts). See Purpose , A, No. 1.
(eu, "well," dokeo, "to think") is rendered "good will" in Luke 2:14 , Av (see Well Pleased); Philippians 1:15 : see Desire , Pleasure , Seem , Well-Pleasing.
"good will" (eu, "well," nous, "the mind"), occurs in Ephesians 6:7 (in some texts, 1 Corinthians 7:3 ).
Acts 13:36 Revelation 17:17 Colossians 2:23Worship
"of free will, willingly," occurs in Romans 8:20 , Rv, "of its own will" (Av, "willingly"); 1 Corinthians 9:17 , Rv, "of my own will" (Av, "willingly"). In the Sept., Exodus 21:13; Job 36:19 .
a, negative, and No. 1, "unwillingly," occurs in 1 Corinthians 9:17 , Rv, "not of mine own will" (Av, "against my will"). In the Sept., Job 14:17 .
for the force of which see Desire , B, No. 6, usually expresses "desire" or "design;" it is most frequently translated by "will" or "would;" see especially Romans 7:15,16,18-21 . In 1 Timothy 2:4 , Rv, "willeth" signifies the gracious "desire" of God for all men to be saved; not all are "willing" to accept His condition, depriving themselves either by the self-established criterion of their perverted reason, or because of their self-indulgent preference for sin. In John 6:21 , the Av renders the verb "willingly" (Rv, "they were willing"); in 2 Peter 3:5 , Av, the present participle is translated "willingly" (Rv, "willfully").
Matthew 16:24,25 Matthew 19:21 20:21 Matthew 20:26,27 Mark 8:34,35 10:43,44 Luke 13:31 John 6:67 John 7:17 John 8:44 Romans 13:3 1 Corinthians 14:35 1 Peter 3:10
for the force of which see Desire , B, No. 7, usually expresses the deliberate exercise of volition more strongly than No. 1, and is rendered as follows in the Rv, where the Av has "will:" Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22 , "willeth;" James 4:4 , "would;" in James 3:4 , Rv, "willeth" (Av, "listeth"). In James 1:18 the perfect participle is translated "of His own will," lit. "having willed."
"to be about to," is translated "will" in Matthew 2:13; John 7:35 (twice); "wilt," John 14:22; "will," Acts 17:31; "wouldest," Acts 23:20; "will," Acts 27:10; Revelation 3:16 . See About , B.
