Philippians 1:6

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⁴ Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

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

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

⁷ Even as it is meet for me to think this 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 of my grace.

⁸ For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
KJV: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
WEB: being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
ASV: being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
DARBY: having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day:
BLB: being persuaded of this very thing, that the One having begun a good work in you⁺ will complete [it] until the day of Christ Jesus.

ÅB: Og jeg er fullt sikker på dette at han som begynte en god gjerning i dere, vil fullføre den inntil Jesu Kristi dag,
OTB: og jeg er overbevist om dette, at han som begynte en god gjerning i dere, vil fullføre den inntil Kristi Jesu dag.
B1930: Og jeg er fullt viss på dette at han som begynte en god gjerning i eder, vil fullføre den inntil Jesu Kristi dag,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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1 Thessalonians 5:23–24
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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Ephesians 4:12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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Hebrews 13:20–21
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Psalms 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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Romans 8:28–30
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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1 Corinthians 1:8
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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