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Philippians 1:6

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confident: 2 Corinthians 1:15, 2 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 7:16, 2 Corinthians 9:4; Galatians 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; Philemon 1:21; Hebrews 10:35

begun: Philippians 1:29, Philippians 2:13; John 6:29; Acts 11:18, Acts 16:14; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 2:4-10; Colossians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Titus 3:4-6; Hebrews 13:20-21; James 1:16-18; 1 Peter 1:2-3

will: Psalms 138:8; John 6:29; Ephesians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 1 Peter 5:10

perform it: or, finish it, Hebrews 12:2

the day: Philippians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Peter 3:10

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