Philippians 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

My beloved

Philippians 4:1

1 Corinthians 4:14

1 Peter 2:11

As ye

Philippians 1:5

Work

Own

With

Hebrews 12:28

General references

Acts 5:11

Bible References

My beloved

So then, my brothers, for whom I cherish love and longing, my joy and crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, O my beloved.

I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine.

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

As ye

for what you have contributed to the gospel from the very first day down to this moment;

Work

Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,

From the days of John the Baptist till now the Realm of heaven suffers violence, and the violent press into it.

A man said to him, "Is it only a few, sir, who are saved?" So he said to them,

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

Make no mistake ??God is not to be mocked ??a man will reap just what he sows;

as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.

Own

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send you Timotheus before long, that I may be heartened by news of you.

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

To Jews I have become like a Jew, to win over Jews; to those under the Law I have become as one of themselves ??though I am not under the Law myself ??to win over those under the Law;

All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

With

Get up and go into the city. There you will be told what you have to do."

So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas,

It was in weakness and fear and with great trembling that I visited you;

His own heart goes out to you all the more when he remembers how you all obeyed him, and how you received him with reverence and trembling.

Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself;

Well then, as the promise of entrance into his Rest is still left to us, let us be afraid of anyone being judged to have missed it.

Therefore let us render thanks that we get an unshaken realm; and in this way let us worship God acceptably ??29 but with godly fear and awe, for our God is indeed a consuming fire.

General references

Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.