Parallel Verses
Amplified
For it is [not your strength, but it is]
New American Standard Bible
for it is
King James Version
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Holman Bible
For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
International Standard Version
For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.
A Conservative Version
For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval.
American Standard Version
for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
An Understandable Version
for it is God who is at work in you, both to motivate the desire and to carry out what pleases Him.
Anderson New Testament
for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform.
Bible in Basic English
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
Common New Testament
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for it is God that influences your desires and endeavours, out of his benevolence to you.
Darby Translation
for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure.
Godbey New Testament
for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.
Goodspeed New Testament
For it is God who in his good will is at work in your hearts, inspiring your will and your action.
John Wesley New Testament
For it is God that worketh in you according to his good pleasure, both to will and to do.
Julia Smith Translation
For God is working in you also to will and to work by benevolence.
King James 2000
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.
Modern King James verseion
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For it is God which worketh in you both the will and also the deed, even of good will.
Moffatt New Testament
for it is God who in his goodwill enables you to will this and to achieve it.
Montgomery New Testament
for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
NET Bible
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.
New Heart English Bible
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Noyes New Testament
for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Sawyer New Testament
for God works in you both to will and to work of his good pleasure.
The Emphasized Bible
For it is, God, who energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For it is God who worketh effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good pleasure.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.
Webster
For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Weymouth New Testament
For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.
Williams New Testament
for it is God Himself who is at work in you to help you desire it as well as do it.
World English Bible
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Worrell New Testament
for it is God Who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Worsley New Testament
for it is God that worketh in you both to will, and to work, out of his own good-pleasure.
Youngs Literal Translation
for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Philippians 2:13
Devotionals containing Philippians 2:13
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Philippians 2:13
Images Philippians 2:13
Prayers for Philippians 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Holding Fast To The Word Of Life
12
So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed [my instructions with enthusiasm], not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation [that is, cultivate it, bring it to full effect, actively pursue spiritual maturity] with awe-inspired fear and trembling [using serious caution and critical self-evaluation to avoid anything that might offend God or discredit the name of Christ].
13 For it is [not your strength, but it is]
Cross References
Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of the fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites, all those whose spirits God had stirred up,
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are [distinctive] ways of working [to accomplish things], but it is the same God who produces all things in all believers [inspiring, energizing, and empowering them].
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will—
1 Kings 8:58
that He may guide our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways [following Him] and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers.
1 Chronicles 29:14-18
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
2 Chronicles 30:12
Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them one heart to do that which the king and the officials had commanded by the word of the Lord.
Ezra 1:1
Now in the
Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], who put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn and glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
Psalm 119:36
Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain and envy.
Psalm 141:4
Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,
Or to practice deeds of wickedness
With men who plan and do evil;
And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).
Proverbs 21:1
He turns it whichever way He wishes.
Isaiah 26:12
Lord, You will establish peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all that we have done.
Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God;
Luke 12:32
John 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
John 6:45
John 6:65
And He was saying,
Acts 11:21
And the hand (the power and presence) of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord [for salvation, accepting and drawing near to Jesus as Messiah and Savior].
Romans 9:11
and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,
Romans 9:16
So then God’s choice is not dependent on human will, nor on human effort [the totality of human striving], but on God who shows mercy [to whomever He chooses—it is His sovereign gift].
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God.
Ephesians 1:9
He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,
Ephesians 1:11
In Him also we have
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
2 Thessalonians 1:11
With this in view, we constantly pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of your calling [to faith] and with [His] power fulfill every desire for goodness, and complete [your] every work of faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we should and are [morally] obligated [as debtors] always to give thanks to God for you, believers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through the
2 Timothy 1:9
for He delivered us and saved us and called us with a holy calling [a calling that leads to a consecrated life—a life set apart—a life of purpose], not because of our works [or because of any personal merit—we could do nothing to earn this], but because of His own purpose and grace [His amazing, undeserved favor] which was granted to us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago],
Titus 3:4-5
But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared [in human form as the Man, Jesus Christ],
James 1:16-18
Do not be misled, my beloved brothers and sisters.
Nehemiah 2:4
The king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Psalm 110:3
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,