Philippians 1:6
Because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun the good works in you, will accomplish them until the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
5on account of your fellowship in the gospel, from the first day until now.
Cross References
John 6:29Jesus replied and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Acts 16:14And a certain woman who feared God, a seller of purple, whose name was Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, was there. Her heart our Lord opened, and she hearkened to what Paul spake.
1 Corinthians 1:8who will confirm you unto the end, so that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 9:4so that, if the Macedonians should come with me, and should find you unprepared, we-not to say, ye-should be put to shame for that glorying in which we gloried.
Ephesians 2:4But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us,
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:4-7
The Apostle's Thankfulness and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 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; 6 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: The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon… Read the whole commentary →