"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out y…" — Philippians 2:12

Philippians 2:12 · KJV

“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

— Philippians 2:12

Verse 11

And {that} every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Verse 13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.

Philippians 2 — Context

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of {things} in heaven, and {things} in earth, and {things} under the earth;

And {that} every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Cross References

2 Peter 1:5-10

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Luke 13:23-24

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

1 Corinthians 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.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech {you} as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Philippians 3:13-14

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but {this} one thing {I do}, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

John 6:27-29

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.