What Does Philippians 1:6 Mean in the King James?
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:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The one who begins the work in you also carries it toward its completion.
THE MEANING
The good work within you is already in motion, with God as its source and finisher. Its unfinished state now is held toward the day of Jesus Christ.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that an unfinished work in you means God has abandoned it.
THE ROOT
ἐπιτελέσει
epitelesei
GROWS FROM
τελ- (tel-), from τέλος (telos)
End, goal, completion, the outcome toward which a process is brought.
“perform” in this verse is epitelesei. The Greek verb carries the work through to its τέλος (telos), its end or goal. The verse holds the work in you between God’s beginning and God’s bringing it to completion.
ALSO GROWS
telos: End, goal, intended outcome.
τέλος
The work is carried toward an outcome, not left as an open-ended effort.
teleios: Complete, mature, brought to its intended end.
τέλειος
This word family makes completion more than mere continuation: the work reaches wholeness.
teleioō: Bring to completion, make complete.
τελειόω
This verb names the completing action expressed by God’s promise in the verse.
ἐναρξάμενος
enarxamenos
GROWS FROM
ἀρχ- (arch-), from ἄρχομαι (archomai)
To begin or originate; ἀρχή (archē) names a beginning or origin.
“begun” in this verse is enarxamenos. The Greek verb means to make a beginning, placing God’s action at the source of the work within you. Its ἀρχ- word family also appears in Hebrews 12:2 in ἀρχηγός (archēgos), “author,” linking the one who begins with the one who brings to completion.
ALSO GROWS
archē: Beginning, origin, first principle.
ἀρχή
The work’s opening point is God’s action within you.
archēgos: Originator, pioneer, author.
ἀρχηγός
Hebrews 12:2 uses this word for Jesus as “the author,” echoing the beginning named here.
THE PATTERN
What God initiates in a person, God carries toward completion.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.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.THE THREAD
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.Hebrews calls Jesus ἀρχηγός (archēgos, originator or author) and τελειωτής (teleiōtēs, completer) of πίστις (pistis, trust). Those beginning and completion roots echo Philippians: the work within you has one source and one completing hand.
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