Philippians 2:13

It is God who works in believers to will and to act for His good purpose. Our effort is empowered by God's prior work within us.

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• Heb 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
• 2 Tim 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• Rom 9:16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Jas 1:16–18Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
• John 3:27John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
• 2 Th 1:11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
• 1 Cor 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
• 1 Kgs 8:58May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
• Eph 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Eph 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• Titus 3:4–5But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
• Ps 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Eph 2:4–5But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• Eph 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
• John 6:65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
• Rom 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
• Jer 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Prov 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
• Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
• 1 Chr 29:14–18But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
• 2 Chr 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
• Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
• 2 Th 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
• John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
• Isa 26:12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
• Ps 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
• Neh 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
• Ps 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

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