Philippians 2:13

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Summary

Philippians 2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

God

To will

Good

General references

Leviticus 20:7

Deuteronomy 30:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

God

And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

To will

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

But who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours.

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Good

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

General references

So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.

So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.