so that he causes us to be devoted to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors.
Philippians 2:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. American Standard Version (1901) for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. Common English Bible God is the one who enables you both to want and to actually live out his good purposes. Catholic Public Domain Version For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. |
so that he causes us to be devoted to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors.
Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites #– #everyone whose spirit God had roused #– #prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
Then the king asked me, ‘What is your request? ’ So I prayed to the God of the heavens
A king’s heart is like channelled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
Lord, you will establish peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
‘Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days’ #– #the Lord’s declaration. ‘I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favours! ,,
John responded, ‘No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. , Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me #– #
He said, ‘This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand –
So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God who shows mercy.
And there are different activities, but the same God works all of them in each person.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.
In him we have also received an inheritance, because we were predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will,
He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift #– #
In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfil your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith,
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. , Amen.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead