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Heb. 13:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Make you perfecty in every good work to do his will, ρworking in youz that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.*

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

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or, doing

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Phil. 2:13• ¹³for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

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Make.

Heb. 12:23• ²³and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect; (Heb. 12:23)

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Deut. 32:4• (Deut. 32:4)

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Psa. 138:8• (Psa. 138:8)

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John 17:23• ²³I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, [and] that the world may know that thou didst send me and lovedst them as thou lovedst me. (John 17:23)

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Eph. 3:16‑19• ¹⁶that he would give you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power by his Spirit into the inner man,
¹⁷that the Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts,
¹⁸being in love rooted and grounded that ye may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
¹⁹and to know the love of the Christ that surpasseth knowledge, that ye may be filled to all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:16‑19)

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Col. 1:9‑12• ⁹On this account we also, from the day that we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God,
¹¹in all power empowered according to the might of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy;
¹²giving thanks to the Father that qualified us for sharing the inheritance of the saints in light; (Col. 1:9‑12)

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Col. 4:12• ¹²There saluteth you Epaphras, who [is] of you, a bondman of Jesus Christ, always striving for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all [the] will of God. (Col. 4:12)

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1 Thess. 3:13• ¹³in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thess. 3:13)

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1 Thess. 5:23• ²³Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit, and soul and body be preserved entire without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23)

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2 Thess. 2:17• ¹⁷encourage your hearts and stablish in every good work and word. (2 Thess. 2:17)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

every.

2 Cor. 9:8• ⁸And God is able to make every grace abound unto you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in every [thing], may abound unto every good work; (2 Cor. 9:8)

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Eph. 2:10• ¹⁰For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God's praise and glory. (Phil. 1:11)

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2 Thess. 2:17• ¹⁷encourage your hearts and stablish in every good work and word. (2 Thess. 2:17)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰witnessed of in good works, if she reared children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed saints' feet, if she relieved afflicted [persons], if she followed up every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

to do.

Heb. 10:36• ³⁶For ye have need of endurance, that having done the will of God ye may receive the promise. (Heb. 10:36)

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Matt. 7:21• ²¹Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in the heavens. (Matt. 7:21)

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Matt. 12:50• ⁵⁰{i}for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.{/i} (Matt. 12:50)

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Matt. 21:31• ³¹Which of the two did the will of the father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say to you, that the tax gatherers and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. (Matt. 21:31)

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John 7:17• ¹⁷If one desire to do his will, he shall know about the doctrine whether it is of God or I speak from myself. (John 7:17)

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Rom. 12:2• ²and not to fashion yourselves to this age but to be transformed by the renewing of the mind that ye may prove what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Rom. 12:2)

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1 Thess. 4:3• ³For this is [the] will of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; (1 Thess. 4:3)

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1 Peter 4:2• ²no longer to live the rest of time in flesh to men's lusts but to God's will. (1 Peter 4:2)

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1 John 2:17• ¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. (1 John 2:17)

working.

or, doing.

Phil. 2:13• ¹³for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

well pleasing.

Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I exhort you then, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your intelligent service; (Rom. 12:1)

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Rom. 14:17‑18• ¹⁷for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in [the] Holy Spirit;
¹⁸for he that in this serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved by men. (Rom. 14:17‑18)

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Phil. 4:18• ¹⁸But I have all things and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. (Phil. 4:18)

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Col. 3:20• ²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord. (Col. 3:20)

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1 John 3:22• ²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)

through.

John 16:23‑24• ²³And in that day ye shall ask me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father, he will give you in my name.
²⁴Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. (John 16:23‑24)

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Eph. 2:18• ¹⁸For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God's praise and glory. (Phil. 1:11)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³In all things I am strong in him that empowereth me. (Phil. 4:13)

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Col. 3:17• ¹⁷And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. (Col. 3:17)

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1 Peter 2:5• ⁵yourselves also as living stones are being builded up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)

to whom.

Psa. 72:18‑19• (Psa. 72:18‑19)

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Rom. 16:27• ²⁷to God only wise, by Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory forever. Amen. (Rom. 16:27)

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Gal. 1:5• ⁵to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Gal. 1:5)

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Phil. 2:11• ¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:11)

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1 Tim. 1:17• ¹⁷Now to him who is King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)

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1 Tim. 6:16• ¹⁶who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)

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2 Tim. 4:18• ¹⁸The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve for his heavenly kingdom; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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1 Peter 5:11• ¹¹to him be the glory and the might for the ages of the ages. Amen. (1 Peter 5:11)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to him [be] the glory both now and unto eternity's day. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

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Jude 25• ²⁵to an only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord [be] glory, majesty, might, and authority, before all times, and now, and unto all the ages. Amen. (Jude 25)

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Rev. 4:6• ⁶and before the throne as a sea of glass like crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind: (Rev. 4:6)

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Rev. 5:9,13• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;
¹³And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and [such as are] on the sea and all things in them heard I saying, To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb {i}be{/i} the blessing and the honour and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 5:9,13)

Amen.

Matt. 6:13• ¹³{i}and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.{/i} (Matt. 6:13)

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Matt. 28:20• ²⁰{i}teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.{/i} (Matt. 28:20)

• And the Son is the way to the Father, the truth, and the life. So the Holy Spirit works in glorifying Him, Whom the Father will have all to honor, even as they honor the Father. Thus only is His will done in principle and in detail. (“Hebrews 13:20-25” by W. Kelly)

• Very blessedly the epistle opens with Christ in glory. Then we have a company of believers being brought to glory; and now, as it draws to its close, we learn that it is God’s desire that those who are going to glory should take the outside place with Christ down here, and thus be for His glory in time, as they will be for eternity. (“Outside the Camp: Hebrews 13” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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perfect you in every good work to the doingd of his will, doinge in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen.

JND Translation Notes

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d

Aorist, "to the having done it."

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Or "producing." the present tense, "God working in them continually."

W. Kelly Translation

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perfect you in every good worka unto the doing of his will, working in youb what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the agesc. Amen.

WK Translation Notes

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a

The omission of "work" is precarious. Many MSS. sustain it. The difference, however, seems slight as to sense.

b

Or, "in us." There is rather better evidence in favour of hēmin (in us) instead of nēmin (in you) as in the T. R. though few editors adopt the change.

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Or, "forever and ever."