to will/desire
thelo expresses wanting, intending, being willing, or choosing an action or outcome in the cited passages.
The cited passages most often use the term for a person's or speaker's desire or intention regarding an action, knowledge, or outcome. It also marks willingness or refusal in questions and conditions, and it can describe a choice or determining purpose, including God’s placement of members and provision of bodies.
Senses in use
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Wanting or intending an action or outcome · dominant
Present and imperfect forms introduce desired actions, such as speaking for instruction in 1 Corinthians 14:19, being present in Galatians 4:20, and asking a question in John 16:19. In 1 Timothy 2:4, the present singular form concerns all people being saved and coming to knowledge of the truth; the APB renders the clause "Who desires all people to be saved."
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Willingness or refusal in a proposed course · common
The term frames willingness in a conditional instruction in 1 Corinthians 10:27 and in the question addressed to Paul in Acts 25:9. It also marks a refusal or lack of willingness: Acts 7:39 says the fathers refused to obey, while 2 Thessalonians 3:10 sets the condition of not being willing to work.
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Choosing or determining an arrangement · occasional
Aorist forms describe God’s determining action: in 1 Corinthians 12:18 the members are placed in the body "just as he willed," and in 1 Corinthians 15:38 God gives each seed its own body as he has chosen. The same kind of choice appears in 1 Corinthians 7:39, where a freed wife may marry whom she wishes.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses "desire," "wish," "want," "willing," "intend," and "chosen." These renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the term.