Philippians 2:12
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.
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Study Note
The command to 'work out your own salvation with fear and trembling' has generated persistent debate about the relationship between human effort and divine grace — resolved in verse 13 by the declaration that 'it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.' The 'fear and trembling' formula (phobos kai tromos) appears in 1 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 7:15; and Ephesians 6:5, consistently denoting not servile dread but the reverent seriousness appropriate to standing before the holy God. The paradox — human working and divine working — is not a contradiction but a description of synergistic grace: God's energising presence is precisely what makes human moral effort both possible and necessary. John Wesley found in this verse the charter for his theology of sanctification as a process of active cooperation with divine grace.
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So then, my beloved, even 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;
So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,
So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
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