Philippians 2:13

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

14All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:58to incline our heart unto 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 hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah;

Ezra 1:5And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;

Nehemiah 2:4And the king saith to me, 'For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

Proverbs 21:1Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth 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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