Philippians 2:13 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

[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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.

English EASY 2024

It is God himself who is working in you. Now you want to obey him, and he makes you able to do that. You do the things that make God very happy.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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.

for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.

English God's Word - GW 1995

It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For it is God who is working in you, [enabling you] both to will and to act for His good purpose.

English KJV 1611

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

English LSB

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For God is the One working in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort — for the sake of his good pleasure — is God.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God is working in you. He wants your plans and your acts to be in keeping with his good purpose.

English NIV

for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

English NKJ 1982

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

English NLT

For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then helping you do what he wants.

English Tyndale 1537

For it is God which worketh in you, both the will and also the deed, even of good will.

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