Philippians 2:13

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

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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

12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

14In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension,

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Cross References

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.

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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