Philippians 2:13

New Century Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 8:58

and may he turn us to himself so we will follow him. Let us obey all the laws and commands he gave our ancestors.

2 Chronicles 30:12

And God united all the people of Judah in obeying King Hezekiah and his officers, because their command had come from the Lord.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused Cyrus to send an announcement to his whole kingdom and to put it in writing. This happened so the Lord’s message spoken by Jeremiah would come true. He wrote:

Ezra 1:5

Then the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and Levites got ready to go to Jerusalem—everyone God had caused to want to go to Jerusalem to build the Temple of the Lord.

Ezra 7:27

Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors. He caused the king to want to honor the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 2:4

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

Job 33:29

“God does all these things to a person two or even three times

Psalm 110:3

Your people will join you on your day of battle. You have been dressed in holiness from birth; you have the freshness of a child.

Psalm 119:36

Make me want to keep your rules instead of wishing for riches.

Psalm 141:4

Take away my desire to do evil or to join others in doing wrong. Don’t let me eat tasty food with those who do evil.

Proverbs 21:1

The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.

Isaiah 26:12

Lord, all our success is because of what you have done, so give us peace.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time,” says the Lord: “I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

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

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock, because your Father wants to give you the kingdom.

Luke 2:14

“Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God.”

John 3:27

John answered, “A man can get only what God gives him.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

John 6:65

Jesus said, “That is the reason I said, ‘If the Father does not bring a person to me, that one cannot come.’ ”

Acts 11:21

The Lord was helping the believers, and a large group of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Romans 12:3

Because God has given me a special gift, I have something to say to everyone among you. Do not think you are better than you are. You must decide what you really are by the amount of faith God has given you.

Romans 9:11

But before the two boys were born, God told Rebekah, “The older will serve the younger.” This was before the boys had done anything good or bad. God said this so that the one chosen 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 he did.

Romans 9:16

So God will choose the one to whom he decides to show mercy; his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.

1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are different ways that God works through people but the same God. God works in all of us in everything we do.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But God’s grace has made me what I am, and his grace to me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But it was not I really; it was God’s grace that was with me.)

2 Corinthians 3:5

We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Ephesians 1:5

Because of his love, God had already decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,

Ephesians 1:9

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

Ephesians 2:8

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

2 Thessalonians 1:11

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.

2 Timothy 1:9

saved us and made us his holy people. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of God’s purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began,

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.