Philippians 2:13

For it is, God, who energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, then, my beloved—even as ye have always obeyed, not [as] in my presence only, but, now, much more, in my absence, with fear and trembling, your own salvation, be working out;

14All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:58but bow our heart unto himself,—to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his regulations, which he commanded our fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:12Also, upon Judah, came the hand of God, to give them one heart,—to keep the commandment of the king and the rulers, as the word of Yahweh.

Ezra 1:5Then arose the ancestral chiefs of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites,—even every one whose spirit God had aroused, to go up to build the house of Yahweh, which was in Jerusalem;

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens,

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

Proverbs 21:1[Like] channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh,—whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

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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