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

It was because I entertained this confidence that I intended to visit you before going elsewhere--so that you might receive a twofold proof of God's favour--

And I write this to you in order that when I come I may not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, confident as I am as to all of you that my joy is the joy of you all.

I rejoice that I have absolute confidence in you.

for fear that, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to say you yourselves--should be put to the blush in respect to this confidence.

For my part I have strong confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt my view of the matter. But the man--be he who he may--who is troubling you, will have to bear the full weight of the judgement to be pronounced on him.

And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.

I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.

Therefore do not cast from you your confident hope, for it will receive a vast reward.

Begun

For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

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.

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."

Among our hearers was one named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods. She belonged to the city of Thyateira, and was a worshipper of the true God. The Lord opened her heart, so that she gave attention to what Paul was saying.

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,

having been buried with Him in your baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith produced within you by God who raised Him from among the dead.

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

Now may God who gives peace, and brought Jesus, our Lord, up again from among the dead--even Him who, by virtue of the blood of the eternal Covenant, is the great Shepherd of the sheep--

Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.

chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May more and more grace and peace be granted to you.

Will

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

And may God Himself who gives peace, make you entirely holy; and may your spirits, souls and bodies be preserved complete and be found blameless at the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;

And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

Perform it

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.