Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is at work in you, producing both the wanting and the doing, for his own good pleasure.
Treated in 36 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 3 — Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable cites Phil. 2:13
…God assists the weak or corrects the depraved will, but that he worketh in us to will (Phil. 2:13). From this it is easily inferred, as I have said, that everything good in the will is…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
The Bondage of the Will cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 The bondage of the will also humbles us in the right way. It takes away every ground of…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
January cites Phil. ii. 13
…as I will, but as Thou wilt” (Matt. xxvi. 39). “To will and do of His good pleasure” (Phil. ii. 13). There are two attitudes in which our will should be given to God. First. We should have…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Sluggard's Farm cites Philippians 2:13
…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”…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The Spirit is the only author of this work cites Phil. ii. 13
…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…
- Communion with God ·
The nature of purchased grace cites Phil. ii. 13
…they must have new grace. He must “work in us to will and to do of his good pleasure,” Phil. ii. 13. And in these three, thus briefly named, consists that purchased grace in the point of…
- Ever-Increasing Faith ·
Life in the Spirit cites Phil. 2:13
…The thing works out because God works in you to will and to do of His own good pleasure (Phil. 2:13). There is a great difference between a pump and a spring. The law is a pump, the Baptism…
- Absolute Surrender ·
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…
- Absolute Surrender ·
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…
- Absolute Surrender ·
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…
- The Ten Commandments ·
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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites Phil. 2:13
…Paul could not have said that “it is God which worketh in us both to will and to do” (Phil. 2:13). Away, then, with all the absurd trifling which many have indulged in with regard to…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
The Sermon on the Mount cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…walk it. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Read Matthew 5–7 in one sitting. Underline every command you…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
April cites Phil. ii. 13
…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…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
A Will in Bondage cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…His gift. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 Holding this with care Calvin’s doctrine of sin is severe, and some readers will feel it…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
July cites Phil. ii. 13
…all the goodness of His grace and love. July 11 “For it is God which worketh in you” (Phil. ii. 13). A day with Jesus. Let us seek its plan and direction from Him. Let us take His highest…
- The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom ·
The Hand Held Out cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…cannot. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 Many Christians wait for years to feel forgiving before they will forgive. Corrie’s…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
Frost and Thaw cites Philippians 2:13
…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…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
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.…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
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…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites Philippians 2:13
…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”…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Introduction cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…the time. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 But beneath that thread lies another, and it took her most of her life to see it clearly.…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
God’s Side and Man’s Side cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…to work.” For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 The reasoning is simple. A real work has to be done in us: sins conquered, habits broken…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
Absolute Surrender cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…it in us. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 And he offered a prayer that has helped more timid believers than perhaps anything else…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
Possible with God cites Philippians 2:13
…is not a stronger will but a divine power working within the will. He set Romans 7 beside Philippians 2:13 — it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do — and said the difference is…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
The Exchanged Life cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…himself. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 The exchanged life is not a technique for feeling better, or a second blessing that…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Give What Thou Enjoinest cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 In the tenth book of the Confessions, confessing his present struggles with temptation…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Conclusion cites PHILIPPIANS 2:13
…Ask. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. PHILIPPIANS 2:13 A last word about the man Augustine died in August 430, in a city surrounded by an…
- Absolute Surrender (For Teens) ·
Make Me Willing cites Philippians 2:13
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” — Philippians 2:13 (KJV) Here is where a lot of people get stuck. You read the last chapter and think: I…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
April cites Phil. ii. 13
…and you will find enough and to spare. April 28 “For it is God which worketh in you” (Phil. ii. 13). Sanctification is the gift of the Holy Ghost, the fruit of the Spirit, the grace of the…
- Our Daily Walk ·
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…
- The Secret of Guidance (For Teens) ·
Willing to Be Made Willing cites Philippians 2:13
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” — Philippians 2:13 (KJV) Frederick Brotherton Meyer was born in London in 1847 and grew up in a Christian…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Phil 2: 13
…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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Phil. 2:13
…moved to act aright, but that it is God only that worketh in us both to will and to do (Phil. 2:13). For we deny not that God by his Spirit forms us anew to holiness and righteousness of…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Covenant of Works cites Phil 2:13
…much in our own strength as in the strength of another. ‘It is God which worketh in you.’ Phil 2:13. As the teacher guides the child’s hand, and helps him to form his letters, so that it is…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Normal Christian Life cites Philippians 2:12-13
…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…