Philippians 2:13

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“For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”

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Philippians 2:13 assures believers that God Himself works in them — energizing both the desire and the ability to do His will — so that Christian effort rests on God’s prior, empowering grace.

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“For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

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“for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.”

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

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Philippians 2:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 8:58May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
  4. Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  5. Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  6. Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
  7. Nehemiah 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
  8. Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
  9. Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
  10. Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
  11. Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
  12. Isaiah 26:12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
  13. Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  14. Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  15. Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
  16. John 3:27John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
  17. John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
  18. John 6:65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
  19. Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
  20. Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
  21. Romans 9:16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
  22. 1 Corinthians 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
  23. 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  24. 2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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