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Philippians 2:13
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KJ21
For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
ASV
for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
AMP
For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
AMPC
[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.
BRG
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
CSB
For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.
CSBA
For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.
CEB
God is the one who enables you both to want and to actually live out his good purposes.
CJB
for God is the one working among you both the willing and the working for what pleases him.
CEV
God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.
DARBY
for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.
DLNT
For God is the One working in you both the wanting and the working, for His good-pleasure.
DRA
For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.
ERV
Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.
EASY
It is God himself who is working in you. Now you want to obey him, and he makes you strong to do that. When you obey him, that makes him very happy.
EHV
In fact, it is God who is working in you, both to will and to work, for the sake of his good pleasure.
ESV
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
ESVUK
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
EXB
because God is working in you ·to help you want to do and be able to do [L both to will/desire and to work] what pleases him.
GNV
For it is God which worketh in you both the will and the deed, even of his good pleasure.
GW
It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
GNT
because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
HCSB
For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
ICB
Yes, God is working in you to help you want to do what pleases him. Then he gives you the power to do it.
ISV
For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.
PHILLIPS
So then, my dearest friends, as you have always followed my advice—and that not only when I was present to give it—so now that I am far away be keener than ever to work out the salvation that God has given you with a proper sense of awe and responsibility. For it is God who is at work within you, giving you the will and the power to achieve his purpose.
JUB
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
KJV
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
AKJV
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
LSB
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
LEB
For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.
TLB
For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then helping you do what he wants.
MSG
What I’m getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you’ve done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I’m separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.
MEV
For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.
MOUNCE
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work on behalf of his good pleasure.
NOG
It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
NABRE
For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.
NASB
for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.
NASB1995
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
NCB
For it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to desire and to act for his chosen purpose.
NCV
because God is working in you to help you want to do and be able to do what pleases him.
NET
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God.
NIRV
God is working in you. He wants your plans and your acts to fulfill his good purpose.
NIV
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
NIVUK
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose.
NKJV
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
NLV
He is working in you. God is helping you obey Him. God is doing what He wants done in you.
NLT
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
NMB
For it is God who works in you both the will and also the deed, of his own good will.
NRSVA
for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
NRSVACE
for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
NRSVCE
for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
NRSVUE
for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
NTFE
After all, God himself is the one who’s at work among you, who provides both the will and the energy to enable you to do what pleases him.
OJB
For Hashem is the one working in you, both to will and to work according to His chafetz (good pleasure of His will). [EZRA 1:5]
RGT
For it is God who works in you - both in your will and in your works - according to His good pleasure.
RSV
for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
RSVCE
for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
TLV
For the One working in you is God—both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
VOICE
because God is energizing you so that you will desire and do what always pleases Him.
WEB
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
WE
For God is at work in you. He helps you want to do it. And he helps you do what he wants you to do.
WYC
For it is God that worketh in you, both to will [both to desire], and to perform, for good will.
YLT
for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
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