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:
Ver. 6. That he which hath begun a good work] Gr. εναρξαμενος, "That he which hath in-begun a good work in you;" for the work is wholly inward and spiritual, saith an interpreter. So God is said to indwell in his people, 2 Corinthians 6:16, as if he could never have enough communion with them.
Will perform it] Or perfect it. God doth not use to do his work by the halves, but goes through-stitch with it, 1 Thessalonians 5:24; Psalms 138:8. Only we must pray as Luther was wont to do, "Confirm, O Lord, in us what thou hast wrought, and perfect the work that thou hast begun in us to thy glory. So be it." And as Queen Elizabeth prayed, "Look upon the wounds of thy hands, and despise not the work of thy hands. Thou hast written me down in thy book of preservation with thine own hand; oh, read thine own handwriting, and save me," &c.