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

For this cause we also, since the day we heard {it}, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

{Which is} a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, {love: or, pity}

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

The LORD will perfect {that which} concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, {endureth} for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this {is} our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this {is} the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

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: {perform: or, finish}

For this God {is} our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide {even} unto death.

Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

{He that is} our God {is} the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord {belong} the issues from death.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; {with: or, in}

And what {is} the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {his mighty power: Gr. the might of his power}

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut {the womb}? saith thy God. {not...: or, not beget?}

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Who {art} thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel {thou shalt become} a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone {thereof with} shoutings, {crying}, Grace, grace unto it.

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

If it be {so}, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver {us} out of thine hand, O king.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. {the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity} {abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon}

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, {that ye may be} blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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: {perform: or, finish}

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

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard {it}, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, {of the Lord: or, in the Lord}

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

And what {is} the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {his mighty power: Gr. the might of his power}

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, {even} as many as the Lord our God shall call.

{Which is} a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}