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Philippians 1:6

Good News Translation

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

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You will do everything you have promised; Lord, your love is eternal. Complete the work that you have begun.

Jesus answered, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent.”

When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, “Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!”

One of those who heard us was Lydia from Thyatira, who was a dealer in purple cloth. She was a woman who worshiped God, and the Lord opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I was so sure of all this that I made plans at first to visit you, in order that you might be blessed twice.

That is why I wrote that letter to you—I did not want to come to you and be made sad by the very people who should make me glad. For I am convinced that when I am happy, then all of you are happy too.

How happy I am that I can depend on you completely!

However, if the people from Macedonia should come with me and find out that you are not ready, how ashamed we would be—not to speak of your shame—for feeling so sure of you!

But I still feel confident about you. Our life in union with the Lord makes me confident that you will not take a different view and that whoever is upsetting you will be punished by God.

He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ.

so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.

For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by believing in him, but also by suffering for him.

So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation,

because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.

as you offer them the message of life. If you do so, I shall have reason to be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because it will show that all my effort and work have not been wasted.

For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who raised him from death.

For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.

That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to make you worthy of the life he has called you to live. May he fulfill by his power all your desire for goodness and complete your work of faith.

And the Lord gives us confidence in you, and we are sure that you are doing and will continue to do what we tell you.

I am sure, as I write this, that you will do what I ask—in fact I know that you will do even more.

Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it a great reward.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish.




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