Philippians 2:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

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  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:
  • 1 Cor 12:6 : 6 And there are different operations, but it is the same God who works all in all.
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • John 3:27 : 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven.
  • Rom 9:16 : 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
  • Titus 3:4-5 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will:
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • Jer 32:38 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • John 6:65 : 65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls;
  • Acts 11:21 : 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • 1 Chr 29:14-18 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, and of Your own have we given You. 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own. 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You:
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing, saying,
  • Ezra 1:5 : 5 Then the leaders of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.
  • Isa 26:12 : 12 LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
  • John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught by God. Every man therefore who has heard, and has learned from the Father, comes to me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:58 : 58 That he may incline our hearts to himself, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • 12Therefore, my beloved, as you 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.

  • 21Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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    5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

    6Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  • 29To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.

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    11Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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

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    11Now therefore complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire, so there may be a completion out of what you have.

    12For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

  • 9Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:

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    8For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

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    9For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

    10That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

  • 14Do all things without complaining and disputing:

  • 17Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

  • 14But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your benefit should not be by compulsion, but willingly.

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    10So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 5Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

  • 24Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it.

  • 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  • 8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:

  • 21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

  • 19For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • 2Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

  • 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

  • 13For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.

  • 23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men.

  • 4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command you.

  • 5Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

  • 19And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

  • 12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

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    15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

    16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

  • 10Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

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    6Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • 20Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

  • 9For to this end I also wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things.

  • 3Remembering constantly your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of God our Father;

  • 13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • 16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

  • 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • 18For the same reason, you also should rejoice and rejoice with me.

  • 12LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.

  • 18But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.