Philippians 2:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:5

I don’t mean that we are able to do anything good ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people, but not because of anything we ourselves did. God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

Romans 9:16

So God will choose anyone he decides to show mercy to, and his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

John 3:27

John answered, “A person can receive only what God gives.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what he wanted. And he is the one who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are different ways that God works in people, but it is the same God who works in all of us to do everything.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to help you live the good way he wanted when he chose you. The goodness you have makes you want to do good. And the faith you have makes you work. We pray that with his power God will help you do these things more and more.

Ephesians 1:5

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. This was what God wanted, and it pleased him to do it.

Ephesians 2:8

I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believed. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.

1 Kings 8:58

I pray that we will turn to him and follow him. Then we will obey all the laws, decisions, and commands that he gave our ancestors.

Psalm 119:36

Give me the desire to follow your rules, not the desire to get rich.

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock. Your Father wants to share his kingdom with you.

Ephesians 1:9

he let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

John 6:65

Jesus said, “That is why I said, ‘Anyone the Father does not help to come to me cannot come.’”

Jeremiah 32:38

The people of Israel and Judah will be my people, and I will be their God.

Romans 9:11

But before the two sons were born, God told Rebecca, “The older son will serve the younger.” This was before the boys had done anything good or bad. God said this before they were born so that the boy he wanted would be chosen because of God’s own plan. He was chosen because he was the one God wanted to call, not because of anything the boys did.

Jeremiah 31:33

“In the future I will make this agreement with the people of Israel.” This message is from the Lord. “I will put my teachings in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Proverbs 21:1

To the Lord, a king’s mind is like a ditch used to water the fields. He can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Ezra 1:1

During the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused him to make an announcement. It was written down, and Cyrus ordered that it be read throughout his kingdom. This was done so that what the Lord had told Jeremiah years before would now happen. This was the announcement:

Ezra 7:27

Blessed is the Lord, the God of our ancestors. He put the idea into the king’s heart to honor the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:5

Then God caused many of his people to want to go to Jerusalem. These included the family leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and Levites, and many others. They all prepared to go and rebuild the Lord’s Temple.

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also, in Judah God’s power united the people so that they would obey the king and his officials concerning the word of the Lord.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets: ‘God will teach them all.’ People listen to the Father and learn from him. They are the ones who come to me.

Isaiah 26:12

Lord, you have succeeded in doing everything we tried to do, so give us peace.

Psalm 141:4

Take away any desire to do evil. Keep me from joining the wicked in doing wrong. Help me stay away from their feasts.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” Before I answered, I prayed to the God of heaven.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death.

Acts 11:21

The Lord was helping these men, and a large number of people believed and decided to follow the Lord.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will gladly join you when you gather your army together. You will wear your special clothes and meet together early in the morning. Your young men will be all around you like dew on the ground.

Job 33:29

“God does all these things for people again and again.

Luke 2:14

“Praise God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace to the people who please him.”

Romans 12:3

God has given me a special gift, and that is why I have something to say to each one of you. Don’t think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself just as you are. Decide what you are by the faith God has given each of us.