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Read the verse from the book of Philippians in the New Testament, which says that God works in us to will and to act for His good purpose. Compare different translations and commentaries of this verse.
Philippians 2:13. New International Version. 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Read full chapter. Philippians 2:13 in all English translations. Philippians 1. Philippians 3. New International Version (NIV)
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
What does Philippians 2:13 mean? In verse 12, Paul commands the Philippian Christians to "work out [their] own salvation," meaning they are to put the truth of their belief into practice. What they are in Christ needs to be "worked out" through their actions and attitudes.
2:13 For it is God - God alone, who is with you, though I am not. That worketh in you according to his good pleasure - Not for any merit of yours. Yet his influences are not to supersede, but to encourage, our own efforts.
Philippians 2:13 NIV. KJV NIV NLT NKJV ESV. for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. NIV: New International Version. Read Philippians 2. Listen to Philippians 2. Bible App Bible App for Kids. Compare All Versions: Philippians 2:13. Verse Images for Philippians 2:13.
"For it is God which worketh in you" (Phil. ii. 13). Sanctification is the gift of the Holy Ghost, the fruit of the Spirit, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the prepared inheritance of all who enter in, the greatest obtainment of faith, not the attainment of works.
