Philippians 2:13
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,
15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- KJV
- For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- WEB
- For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
- ASV
- for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- DARBY
- for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.
- BLB
- For God is the One working in you⁺ both to will and to work on behalf of [His] good pleasure.
- ÅB
- for Gud er den som virker i dere både å ville og å virke til hans velbehag.
- OTB
- for det er Gud som virker i dere både å ville og å virke til hans gode hensikt.
- B1930
- for Gud er den som virker i eder både å ville og å virke til hans velbehag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Read in contextRomans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Read in contextEphesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Read in contextJames 1:16–18
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Read in contextJohn 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
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