Philippians 1:6

American Standard Version (1901)

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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  • 1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
  • Heb 13:20-21 : 20 Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, [even] our Lord Jesus, 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
  • 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Eph 2:4-9 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
  • Col 2:12 : 12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

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    5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

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    5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

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    7so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

    8who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Phil 1:25-28
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    25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

    27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

    28and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

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    5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

  • Heb 13:21
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    21make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

  • Phil 2:12-13
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    12So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

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    16I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

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    10so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

    11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 8:6
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    6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

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    24Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.

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    29whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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    11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

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    4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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    21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

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    6which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

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    12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

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    11To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;

    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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    14for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

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    16holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

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    10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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    23if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

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    9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

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    11But now complete the doing also; that as [there was] the readiness to will, so [there may be] the completion also out of your ability.

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    12For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

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    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

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    14That good thing which was committed unto [thee] guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

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    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

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    13For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

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    15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

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    14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

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    5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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    30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.