Philippians 2:13

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
American Standard Version

Treated in 14 passages across the library.

  1. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sluggard's Farm cites Philippians 2:13

    …hat he works in us, not to make us idle, but “to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13, ESV). God’s predestination of a people means he has ordained them “for good works” (Ephe…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The Spirit is the only author of this work cites Phil. ii. 13

    …rks which are in us are his. He “works in us to will and to do of his own good pleasure,” Phil. ii. 13; he works “all our works in us,” Isa. xxvi. 12, — “the work of faith with power,” 2 Thess…

  3. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Frost and Thaw cites Philippians 2:13

    …a to Omega, the Holy Spirit works in us both to will and to work for his good pleasure. — Philippians 2:13 (ESV) As you have clearly seen the finger of God in casting forth his ice and in sending …

  4. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

    Absolute Surrender cites Phil. 2:13

    …we not read: “It is God that worketh in us, both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13)? And that is what we should seek for—to go on our faces before God, until our hearts lea…

  5. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

    Impossible with Man, Possible with God cites Philippians 2:13

    … need a divine omnipotence to work it in me. And that is what the apostle Paul teaches in Philippians 2:13: “It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do.” Note the contrast. In Romans 7…

  6. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

    Kept by the Power of God cites Phil. 2:13

    … to be God’s doing—“It is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13)—when once we get faith to expect that from God, God will do all for us. The keeping is t…

  7. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Difficulties Concerning Consecration cites Philippians. 2:13

    …father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty .” , and Philippians. 2:13. “For it is G od who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” V. Do…

  8. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Service cites Philippians 2:13

    …us to “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. ” (Philippians 2:13)It means we will want what God wills. We will obey His commands, not out of duty, but bec…

  9. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Conformed to the Image of Christ cites Philippians 2:13

    …rings of their being, and "works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). Paul prayed for the Ephesians "that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith" (Eph…

  10. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Phil 2: 13

    … God. We cannot do it in our strength. The Spirit must work in us both to will and to do. Phil 2: 13. When the loadstone draws, the iron moves; so, when God’s Spirit draws, we run in the way…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Phil 2: 13

    …vereign power of the will, forget ‘It is God that worketh in you both to will and to do.’ Phil 2: 13. If the power be in the will of man, then what need is there for God to work in us to wil…

  12. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    April cites Phil. ii. 13

    …ks. April 17 It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. ii. 13. Full salvation is to realize that everything we see in Christ, our Example, may be ours,…

  13. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    November cites Php 2:13

    …of the Spirit, moving us by His suggestion, impressing on us His will, working within us (Php 2:13) what afterwards we work out in character and deed (Php 2:12, Php 2:14). We do not go in …

  14. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Normal Christian Life cites Philippians 2:12-13

    …bling; for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12-13, ASV). God's inward work grounds human response. The mature form of Nee's teaching is the…

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