11 translations · Greek
Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- KJV King James Version
- Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- ASV American Standard Version
- being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- having been confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I'm absolutely sure that God who began this good work in you will continue working and bring it to a successful conclusion when Jesus Christ returns.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ,
- DBY Darby Translation
- having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| πεποιθὼς | pepoithōs | being confident | G3982 πείθω to persuade |
| αὐτὸ | auto | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τοῦτο | touto | of this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὁ | ho | He | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐναρξάμενος | enarxamenos | who began | G1728 ἐνάρχομαι to begin |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἔργον | ergon | work | G2041 ἔργον work |
| ἀγαθὸν | agathon | a good | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| ἐπιτελέσει | epitelesei | will carry it on to completion | G2005 ἐπιτελέω to complete |
| ἄχρι | achri | until | G891 ἄχρι until |
| ἡμέρας | hēmeras | [the] day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | of Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
Related verses
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Ephesians 4:12
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
- Hebrews 13:20–21
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalm 138:8
Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
- 1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- Romans 8:28–30
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11
To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;
- Hebrews 10:35
Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Read all of Philippians 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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