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Hebrews 13:21

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

KJV

καταρτίσαι ὑμᾶς ἐν παντὶ ἀγαθῷ εἰς τὸ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, ποιῶν ἐν ἡμῖν τὸ εὐάρεστον ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.

Greek NT

aptet vos in omni bono, ut faciatis ejus voluntatem : faciens in vobis quod placeat coram se per Jesum Christum : cui est gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Vulgate

make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

ASV

Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐάρεστος
euarestos
adjective · 9×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
καταρτίζω
katartizo
verb · 13×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: παντὶ | WH/NIV: παντὶ | Treg/RP: + ἔργῳ
  • παντὶSBLGNT
  • παντὶWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἔργῳTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἡμῖν | WH/NIV: ἡμῖν | Treg/RP: ὑμῖν
  • ἡμῖνSBLGNT
  • ἡμῖνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑμῖνTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αἰῶνας | Holmes: αἰῶνας | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: + τῶν αἰώνων
  • αἰῶναςSBLGNT
  • αἰῶναςSBLGNT
  • + τῶν αἰώνωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Anarchy is an evil, and the occasion of many calamities, and the source of disorder and confusion. For as, if you take away the leader from a chorus, the chorus will not be in tune and in order; and if from a phalanx of an army thou remove the commander, the evolutions will no longer be made in time and order, and if from a ship thou take away the helmsman, you will sink the…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:18 — O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
  • 1Cor 12:6 — And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  • 1John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • 1Kgs 8:58 — That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
  • 1Pet 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  • 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
  • 1Pet 5:10 — 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.
  • 1Thess 3:13 — To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
  • 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
  • 1Thess 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1Tim 1:17 — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 1Tim 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed
  • 1Tim 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed
  • 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • 2Cor 9:8 — And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
  • 2Cor 13:9 — For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
  • 2Sam 22:33 — God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
  • 2Thess 2:17 — Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
  • 2Tim 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 2Tim 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Acts 9:36 — Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
  • Col 1:9 — 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;
  • Col 1:9 — 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;
  • Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 1:22 — In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 3:17 — And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
  • Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  • Col 4:12 — Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 2:18 — For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
  • Eph 3:7 — Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
  • Eph 3:21 — Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
  • Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Eph 6:6 — Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Ezek 36:27 — And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.