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Philippians 1:6

New Century Version

God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again.

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Lord, you do everything for me. Lord, your love continues forever. Do not leave us, whom you made.

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: Believe the One he sent.”

When the believers heard this, they stopped arguing. They praised God and said, “So God is allowing even other nations to turn to him and live.”

One of the listeners was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira whose job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped God, and he opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

Jesus will keep you strong until the end so that there will be no wrong in you on the day our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

I was so sure of all this that I made plans to visit you first so you could be blessed twice.

I wrote you a letter for this reason: that when I came to you I would not be made sad by the people who should make me happy. I felt sure of all of you, that you would share my joy.

I am very happy that I can trust you fully.

If any of the people from Macedonia come with me and find that you are not ready, we will be ashamed that we were so sure of you. (And you will be ashamed, too!)

But I trust in the Lord that you will not believe those different ideas. Whoever is confusing you with such ideas will be punished.

Christ gave those gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger.

that you will see the difference between good and bad and will choose the good; that you will be pure and without wrong for the coming of Christ;

God gave you the honor not only of believing in Christ but also of suffering for him, both of which bring glory to Christ.

My dear friends, you have always obeyed God when I was with you. It is even more important that you obey now while I am away from you. Keep on working to complete your salvation with fear and trembling,

because God is working in you to help you want to do and be able to do what pleases him.

You offer the teaching that gives life. So when Christ comes again, I can be happy because my work was not wasted. I ran the race and won.

When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him through your faith in God’s power that was shown when he raised Christ from the dead.

We continually recall before God our Father the things you have done because of your faith and the work you have done because of your love. And we thank him that you continue to be strong because of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

That is why we always pray for you, asking our God to help you live the kind of life he called you to live. We pray that with his power God will help you do the good things you want and perform the works that come from your faith.

The Lord makes us feel sure that you are doing and will continue to do the things we told you.

I write this letter, knowing that you will do what I ask you and even more.

So do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward.

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

And after you suffer for a short time, God, who gives all grace, will make everything right. He will make you strong and support you and keep you from falling. He called you to share in his glory in Christ, a glory that will continue forever.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The skies will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in them will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be exposed.




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