Philippians 1:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
  • Heb 13:20-21 : 20 Benediction and Conclusion Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
  • 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 The LORD avenges me. O LORD, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Eph 2:4-9 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!– 6 and he raised us up together with him and seated us together with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But“when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. 14 He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! 3 New Birth to Joy and Holiness Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
  • Col 2:12 : 12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Phlm 1:21 : 21 Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

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    5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

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    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

    6just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–

    7so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    8He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

    27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

    28and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.

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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

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    21equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

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    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

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    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

    13for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.

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    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

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    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

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    6Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

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    24He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

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    29Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

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    11But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

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    4And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

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    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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    21Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

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    6that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

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    11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

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    3because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    14For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

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    16by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

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    10so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

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    23if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

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    9But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

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    11to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

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    12Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

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    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

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    4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

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    14Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

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    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

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    13For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

    14just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

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    14and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

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    5Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.