Philippians 2:12-18 - Holding Fast To The Word Of Life
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent. 13 Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work. 14 In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension, 15 So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world, 16 Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing. 17 And yet, even if, when your faith is offered as a sacrifice to God, my life-blood must be poured out in addition, still I shall rejoice and share the joy of you all; 18 And do you also rejoice and share my joy.