Philippians 1:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Confident

Begun

Will

1 Peter 5:10

Perform it

Hebrews 12:2

Bible References

Confident

And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.

And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.

I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you.

For if any Macedonians come with me and find you not ready, shame would come upon me (not to speak of you) in respect to this confidence.

As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

Now we have fully fixed our faith on you in the Lord, that you are doing and will continue to do what we enjoin.

Because I am thoroughly persuaded of your obedience, I have written you, knowing full well that you will do by me what I am asking.

Now do not fling away your bold confidence, for it has a great recompense of reward.

Begun

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead.

as I call to mind your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father.

But for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves, I ought to give thanks to God continually, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, And his love toward men shined forth,

Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant,

Do not be deceived, my brothers!

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ; Grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Will

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

May the God of peace consecrate you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

To this end I am making my constant prayer for you, beseeching God to make you worthy of your calling, and to fulfil mightily every desire of goodness and effort of faith;

But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Perform it

looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.