Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

In Context

12So that, my beloved, as you always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

14Do all things without murmurings and deliberations,

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:58to incline our heart to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

2 Chronicles 30:12Also, in Judah the hand of God has been to give one heart to them to do the command of the king and of the heads in the matter of YHWH;

Ezra 1:5And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even everyone whose spirit God has awoken, to go up to build the house of YHWH, that [is] in Jerusalem;

Nehemiah 2:4And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens,

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to Your testimonies, || And not to dishonest gain.

Proverbs 21:1The heart of a king [is] streams of waters in the hand of YHWH, || He inclines it wherever He pleases.

Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:13-14

Practical Religion. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Wherefore, my beloved, 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. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. I. He exhorts them to diligence and seriousness in the Christian course: Work out your own salvation. It is the salvation of our souls ( 1 Pet. i. 9 ), and our eternal salvation ( Heb. v. 9 ), and contains deliverance from all the evils… Read the whole commentary →

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