Philippians 2:13

You are able to do these things, since God himself causes you to desire to do what he wants you to do, and he also enables you to do what he wants you to do.

Translation for Translators

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

12My dear friends, as you consider this, since you have always obeyed God, each of you should very reverentially [DOU] try to do those things that are proper for people whom God has saved. You should do those things not only when I am with you. Instead, you should try even more to do them now when I am not with you.

14Do everything God or your leaders ask you to do. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:58I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors.

2 Chronicles 30:12Also in Judah God motivated the people to be united in wanting to do what Yahweh wanted them to do, which is what the king and his officials had told them to do in the message that they sent.

Ezra 1:5Then God motivated some of the priests and ◄Levites/men who did work in the temple► and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated got ready to return to Jerusalem and build the temple for Yahweh there.

Nehemiah 2:4The king replied, “What do you want me to do for you?” I prayed silently to our God who is/rules in heaven.

Psalms 119:36Cause me to want to obey your rules and not to want to become rich.

Proverbs 21:1Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] like he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.

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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